Mining Incidents

Surface #3 Coal

Controlled by Billy Wright
Elna, Johnson County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519088

Surface #3 has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
2010
Latest incident
Mar 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
46
citations
20
significant & substantial
$8,352
proposed penalties
$8,352
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
16
inspections on record
652
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: 652 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 #3 has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
45 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-10-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Surface #3 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.18 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 38 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.
0.18
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.42
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
38
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-10-06.
Silica (quartz)
10.4
silica avg (%)
10.4
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-10-21.
Noise
0%
over PEL
24
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-10-06.
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
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 6,836 1 1 146.3
2010 Q3 5,720 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,807 5 3 861.0
2010 Q1 3,712 10 2 2694.0
2009 Q4 5,597 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 0 6 1
2009 Q2 5,660 0 0 0.0
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q1 5,740 5 2 871.1
2008 Q4 5,658 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 5,692 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,251 3 2 479.9
2008 Q1 6,233 3 2 481.3
2007 Q4 5,569 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,033 8 3 1589.5
2007 Q2 4,566 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2010 · 1 incident

March 2, 2010 KY · Coal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mine Rite Coal Co. Inc. · Struck by falling object

Cutting tree with one tree against it the other tree came down and brush right shoulder and he fell down on elbow and knock shoulder out of place. He also had a cut on left side of head and put three staple in head.

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The full compliance file on Surface #3

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.