Sugarloaf: 21 MSHA citations
Coal
Prestonsburg,
Floyd County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516650
Sugarloaf has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1989–2002
- Latest incident
- Sep 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
7
significant & substantial
$1,925
proposed penalties
31% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,333 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 276 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Sugarloaf has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
19 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-12-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
36.8%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
36.8%
reasonably likely or greater
10.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.3% low, 94.7% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Sugarloaf shows 100% of 1 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
Health sampling
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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
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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: 2002-10-01, 23 years ago
0 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 1 by the operator.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
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Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
| Year |
Employees |
Coal produced (tons) |
| 2003 |
0 |
|
| 2002 |
25 |
17,595 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Sugarloaf sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.
Floyd County, Kentucky · Population 35,342
4.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,582
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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
| Quarter |
Hours worked |
Citations |
S&S |
Per 1M hrs |
| 2003 Q1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2002 Q4 |
6,789 |
10 |
3 |
1473.0 |
| 2002 Q3 |
4,907 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 |
2,768 |
7 |
2 |
2528.9 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2002 · 1 incident
September 9, 2002
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Gemco Energies, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS STRAIGHTENING ROOF BOLT AND HE STRAINED HIS NECK.
1989 · 1 incident
Jacob Coal Company · Struck by falling object
DRAW ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON HEAD.