Mining Incidents

Tex Mine #1 Coal

Controlled by Phoenix Coal Corporation
Sturgis, Union County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518830

Tex Mine #1 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Tex Mine #1.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
Sep 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
56
citations
20
significant & substantial
$5,645
proposed penalties
$5,502
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $143 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
9
inspections on record
427
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: 427 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Tex Mine #1 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
56 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-06-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Tex Mine #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.43 mg/m3 (96% compliant) across 25 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.
0.43
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.53
dust max (mg/m3)
96%
within 1.5 mg/m3
25
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-04-11.
Noise
16%
over PEL
19
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-01-12.
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
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q2 928 4 1 4310.3
2009 Q1 1,960 2 0 1020.4
2008 Q4 4,295 2 0 465.7
2008 Q3 3,130 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 438 0 0 0.0
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 2,868 6 2 2092.1
2007 Q1 680 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 6,500 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 16,260 1 0 61.5
2006 Q1 13,280 10 3 753.0
2005 Q4 19,349 1 0 51.7
2005 Q3 19,168 11 4 573.9
2005 Q2 17,914 6 3 334.9
2005 Q1 7,807 13 7 1665.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2008 · 2 incidents

September 23, 2008 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Crittenden County Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

Injured party was working on the D10 bulldozer. When he got ready to dismount the dozer he stepped on a rock rolling his right ankle.

May 13, 2008 KY · Coal pumper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Crittenden County Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Injured party was in the process of moving a pump hose when he nicked the hose with his left foot. As he did this, his right foot slipped and caused him to fall, hurting his right knee.

For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants

The full compliance file on Tex Mine #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.