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Tip Top Mine Coal

Dice, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518613

Tip Top Mine has $78K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2008–2010
Latest incident
Jan 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
199
citations
101
significant & substantial
$78,062
proposed penalties
$59,730
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $18,332 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
33
inspections on record
1,511
inspection hours
13.2
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.
199 citations across 1,511 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Tip Top Mine has $78K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K 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.
$78K
proposed penalties
$66K
current assessed
$60K
paid to date
$6K
outstanding
198 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-05-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at Tip Top Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.28 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 95 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.
0.28
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.74
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
95
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-10-25.
Silica (quartz)
20.9
silica avg (%)
44.5
silica max (%)
7
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-11-13.
Noise
9%
over PEL
56
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-05-12.
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
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 2,075 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 13 3
2011 Q1 1,263 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 10,877 6 1 551.6
2010 Q3 27,499 19 7 690.9
2010 Q2 25,646 0 0 0.0
Show 26 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q1 17,289 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 32,418 22 7 678.6
2009 Q3 33,950 13 9 382.9
2009 Q2 37,272 32 11 858.6
2009 Q1 26,765 1 1 37.4
2008 Q4 20,500 7 4 341.5
2008 Q3 19,671 5 3 254.2
2008 Q2 18,446 1 1 54.2
2008 Q1 306 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,827 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 20,189 4 1 198.1
2007 Q2 25,264 6 6 237.5
2007 Q1 24,914 19 11 762.6
2006 Q4 21,736 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 23,466 13 12 554.0
2006 Q2 28,713 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 33,920 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 29,038 7 6 241.1
2005 Q3 24,061 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 22,953 10 4 435.7
2005 Q1 11,866 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 17,670 3 3 169.8
2004 Q3 19,855 8 5 402.9
2004 Q2 17,286 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 8,535 10 6 1171.6
2003 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2010 · 1 incident

January 18, 2010 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
ICG Hazard, LLC · Struck against a moving object

On 01/18/10 EE's wife reported that the EE had injured himself while operating his dozer on 01/14/10 and not reported the injury. Now on 01/18/10 he was in pain and needed to go to the Dr. This accident is under investigation because it was not reported before leaving mine property and pending results of the investigation, this accident report may be requested to be withdrawn.

2009 · 2 incidents

September 28, 2009 KY · Coal water truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
ICG Hazard, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was attempting to lift a three inch water pump when he developed a sharp in upper and middle back

April 25, 2009 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
ICG Hazard, LLC · Struck by flying object

While repairing chains on a 992G loader tire employee was holding a bar that was being hit with a hammer and a piece of metal from the hammer or bar chipped off and struck him in the arm.

2008 · 1 incident

May 9, 2008 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
ICG Hazard, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was climbing down from loader and twisted knee.

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