Mining Incidents

Three Mile Reclamation Work #1 Coal

Shelby Gap, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518748

Three Mile Reclamation Work #1 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $99 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2005–2006
Latest incident
Oct 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
26
citations
10
significant & substantial
$1,832
proposed penalties
$1,733
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $99 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
15
inspections on record
363
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: 363 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Three Mile Reclamation Work #1 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $99 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$99
outstanding
26 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-10-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Three Mile Reclamation Work #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.38 mg/m3 (97% 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.
0.38
dust avg (mg/m3)
4.15
dust max (mg/m3)
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
32
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-10-31.
Silica (quartz)
6.6
silica avg (%)
6.6
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-07-20.
Noise
28%
over PEL
18
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-10-12.
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
2006 Q4 54 3 2 55555.6
2006 Q3 216 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 288 3 2 10416.7
2006 Q1 512 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 198 12 1 60606.1
2005 Q3 0 2 1
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 2 1
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2006 · 1 incident

October 20, 2006 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
AEP Kentucky Coal, L. L. C. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Pulling chocker cable to drill, ground was muddy, ee slipped. He kept on working, did not report being hurt, ran dozer rest of day. Did not call in or report for work 10-23, 10-24-06. Called at 3:45 pm on 10-24-06 and said he had hurt his back.

2005 · 3 incidents

September 3, 2005 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
AEP Kentucky Coal, L. L. C. · Struck by flying object

Employee was driving a pin into a bucket tooth when a piece of metal chipped off of the pin and became embedded in his right forearm.

June 27, 2005 KY · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant POWERED HAULAGE
AEP Kentucky Coal, L. L. C. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE had parked his service truck in order to work on a grease truck. Although the park brake had been set, the service truck began to roll backwards. He was caught between the driver's door of the service truck and the front bumper of the grease truck.

January 1, 2005 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
AEP Kentucky Coal, L. L. C. · Struck by falling object

EE stated that he was lying on the ground changing a fuel filter on a chevrolet pick up when 2 foreign body fell into his right eye. He said he flashed it out with eyewash and continued working. Two days later his eye become painful and felt like something was in it.

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The full compliance file on Three Mile Reclamation Work #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.