Upper Second Creek Mine Coal
Locust Grove, Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Edward L Clemons Estate
Hazard,
Perry County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519778
Upper Second Creek Mine has $127K in proposed MSHA penalties and $50K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
148
citations
34
significant & substantial
$127,199
proposed penalties
$64,700
paid to date
51% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $62,499 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
26
inspections on record
932
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 932 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Upper Second Creek Mine has $127K in proposed MSHA penalties and $50K outstanding across 3 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$127K
proposed penalties
$115K
current assessed
$65K
paid to date
$50K
outstanding
148 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-09-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Upper Second Creek Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.11 mg/m3 (98% compliant) across 98 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.0.11
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.59
dust max (mg/m3)
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
98
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-08-26.
Silica (quartz)
11.6
silica avg (%)
21.1
silica max (%)
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-08-27.
Noise
0%
over PEL
57
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-08-20.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Q4 | 2,923 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 7,095 | 23 | 4 | 3241.7 |
| 2019 Q2 | 7,095 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 7,106 | 23 | 9 | 3236.7 |
| 2018 Q4 | 8,971 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 8,552 | 17 | 3 | 1987.8 |
| 2018 Q2 | 8,337 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 10,488 | 9 | 0 | 858.1 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Q4 | 14,198 | 4 | 0 | 281.7 |
| 2017 Q3 | 14,232 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 16,723 | 19 | 6 | 1136.2 |
| 2017 Q1 | 17,661 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 14,876 | 23 | 7 | 1546.1 |
| 2016 Q3 | 11,630 | 16 | 5 | 1375.8 |
| 2016 Q2 | 9,977 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 5,811 | 14 | 0 | 2409.2 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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The full compliance file on Upper Second Creek Mine
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.