Mining Incidents

Surface Mine No 1 Coal

Controlled by Fitz Jack M
Hindman, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1505426

Surface Mine No 1 has $159 in proposed MSHA penalties and $159 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1987–1999
Latest incident
Jun 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
2
citations
1
significant & substantial
$159
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $159 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
6
inspections on record
76
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: 76 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 Mine No 1 has $159 in proposed MSHA penalties and $159 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.
$159
proposed penalties
$159
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$159
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-08-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Surface Mine No 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.23 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 5 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.
0.23
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.36
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-08-23.
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
2001 Q3 390 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 497 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 499 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 810 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,123 2 1 1780.9
2000 Q2 1,055 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,101 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1999 · 1 incident

June 15, 1999 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Patsy Jane Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN FROM A PICKUP TRUCK AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

1995 · 1 incident

September 11, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Patsy Jane Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS CHANGING IOL FILTER ON EXCAVATOR. HE CLIMBED DOWN FROM EXCAVATOR AND WAS WALKING BACK TO HIS TRUCK WHEN SHARP PAIN STRUCK IN HIS BACL. HE EVIDENTLY TWISTED HIS BACK SOMEHOW WHILE CHANG ING OIL FILTER.

1990 · 2 incidents

July 30, 1990 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Patsy Jane Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

MAN WAS HELPING TAKE TRANSMISSION OUT OF LOADER TRANSMISSION GOT HUNG UP & HE WAS TRYING TO FREE IT WHEN CABLE CAME OFF SPOOL ON HOIST LETTING TRANSMISSION FALL PINNING MANS LEG UNDERNEATH IT MANS KNEE WAS BRUISED & PUNCTURED & HE HAS SOMEPOSSIBLE FXS IN FOOT

June 11, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Patsy Jane Coal Corp · Struck by rolling or sliding object

MAN WAS WORKING ON SILT DAM PUTTING ROCKS IN DITCH AT SPILLWAY OTHER MEN WORKING ON SLOPE ABOVE LOOSED A ROCK WHICH ROLLED DOWN & HIT MAN ON THUMB OF LEFT HAND

1987 · 1 incident

February 13, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Patsy Jane Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

MAN HIT KNEE AG5INST BOLT HEAD WHILE WORKING ON D8K TRACTOR MOTOR.

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The full compliance file on Surface Mine No 1

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.