citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘThis rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
221 citations across 2,553 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Strip has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $14K outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$22K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$14K
outstanding
219 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-07-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Strip shows 86% of 401 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Respirable coal dust
ⓘRespirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
Last sampled: 2023-06-27, 3 years ago
86%
within 1.5 mg/m3
401
samples
6.21
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
ⓘThe excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
245 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 156 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Respirable coal dust by year
ⓘRespirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
Strip recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2003.
Injury rate, 2003
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 5.87 and the all-US-mining average was 4.43 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 6.65 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
17.98
11.99
0.000
2001 *
9.25
9.25
0.000
2000 *
15.96
12.76
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2024
0
2023
0
2022
0
2004
6
95
2003
17
63,889
2002
31
109,353
2001
34
141,537
2000
29
141,126
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Strip sits in Knott County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Knott County, Kentucky · Population 14,046
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$37,736
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘCitations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
EE WAS LOADING COAL FROM THE FACE WHILE TRAMMING OUT OF THE FACE AREA. EE RAISED HEAD TO LOOK AT BUCKET OF SCOOP WHEN HIS HEAD CAME IN CONTACT WI6TH ROOF AND PUSHED HEAD FORWARD.
2000 · 9 incidents
December 6, 2000KY · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderFALL OF ROOF OR BACK
THIS IS AN AMMENDED COPY THIS FALL WAS CRIBBED AND TIMBERED OFF INT HE #4 ENTRY. ALSO NO.3 ENTRY WAS STOPPED FROM ADVANCING ON 2-2-00 AFTER THEY WERE BOLTED. THE TEST HOLES SHOWED CRACKS IN TH E ROOF THERE FORE THE ROOF WAS ALLOWED TO FALL. THIS WAS NOT AN UNINTENIONAL ROOF FALL. FALL IS APP. 140 FT OUTBY WORKING FACES.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A TOP ROLLER ON #4 BELT LINE. A SHARP EDGE WAS EXPOSED ON ONE OF THE ROLLERS. WHEN EMPLOYEE TOUCHED THE SHARP EDGE, HE CUT HIS PALM OF HIS RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WENT TO BATTERY STATION TO CHANGE OUT SCOOP BATTERIES. WHEN UNPLUGGING BATTERIES, HE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH DC VOLTAGE, CAUSING BURN TO RIGHT HAND.
ON A SS HOSS BUGGY EE FINGER WAS PINCHED EITHER BY THE BUMPER OR SIDERAIL SCRAPPING THE BOTTOM WHILE HIS FINGER WAS UNDER IT OR BY SOME PINCH POINT ON THE BUGGY ITSELF
EE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP WHEN HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A CURTAIN BOARD KNOCKING HIS HAT OFF. HE MOVED HIS LEFT LEG TO APPLY THE BRAKE. AS HE DI, HE CAUGHT HIS KNEE AGAINST THE SAME CURTAIN BOARD. HI S LEFT FOOT WAS CAUGHT ON THE BREAKER DISCONNECT CABLE, BREAKING HIS ANKLE.
January 29, 1996KY · Coalcutting machine operator, ripper, universal operatorMACHINERY
EE WAS OPERATING THE CUTTER A SCOOP WAS NEEDED TO PUSH HIM UP A SMALL GRADE, DURING THE PUSHING THE CUTTER WAS PINNED AGAINST THE MINE ROOF PINNING THE OPERATOR, HURTING HIS LOWER BACK AND LEG S.
1995 · 9 incidents
December 29, 1995KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)OTHER