Mining Incidents

SURFACE #12 Coal

ROWDY, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518483

SURFACE #12 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2002
Latest incident
Jul 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
17
citations
12
significant & substantial
$4,831
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,831 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
18
inspections on record
220
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 220 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

SURFACE #12 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-11-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at SURFACE #12 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.55 mg/m3 (94% compliant) across 32 samples.

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.
0.55
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.82
dust max (mg/m3)
94%
within 1.5 mg/m3
32
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-05-20.
Silica (quartz)
20.0
silica avg (%)
20.0
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-04-08.
Noise
0%
over PEL
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-03-20.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q1 16,144 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 10,283 10 6 972.5
2002 Q3 19,099 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 28,635 3 2 104.8
2002 Q1 24,118 4 4 165.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2002 · 1 incident

July 30, 2002 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
HANNCO ENERGY CORPORATION · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS STEAMING THE D11N DOZER UNIT 105 WHEN THE EE WAS GOING TO TURN THE DOZER AROUND TO STEAM THE OTHER SIDE. WHEN HE WAS MOUNTING THE EQUIPM ENT HE LOST HIS FOOTING & FELL WITH HIS PELVIS H ITTING ON THE STEP ON THE PUSH ARM.

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The full compliance file on SURFACE #12

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.