Mining Incidents

T&W #1 Coal

Controlled by Aaron C Montgomery
Sitka, Johnson County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518661

T&W #1 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
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2003
Latest incident
Sep 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
46
citations
19
significant & substantial
$5,248
proposed penalties
$361
paid to date
7% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,887 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
12
inspections on record
252
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: 252 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

T&W #1 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
$361
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-11-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at T&W #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.09 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 1 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.
0.09
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.09
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-12-06.
Noise
0%
over PEL
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-12-06.
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
2005 Q1 250 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 260 29 9 111538.5
2003 Q3 80 5 2 62500.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
September 9, 2003 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY
T & W Enterprises L L C · Struck by powered moving object

VICTIM BACKED THE DOZER OVER THE EDGE OF THE HIGHWALL, RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES WHEN HE WAS EJECTED & THEN CRUSHED BY THE SIDE (PUSH ARM) OF THE DOZER.

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The full compliance file on T&W #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.