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Wolf Pen #1 Coal

Controlled by Thomas R Hamilton
Kay Jay, Knox County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519203

Wolf Pen #1 has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $888 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2008–2009
Latest incident
May 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
61
citations
22
significant & substantial
$9,839
proposed penalties
$8,691
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,148 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
12
inspections on record
254
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: 254 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wolf Pen #1 has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $888 outstanding across 3 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$888
outstanding
60 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-09-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at Wolf Pen #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.28 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 23 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)
1.28
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
23
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-09-28.
Noise
0%
over PEL
14
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-09-18.
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 Q3 27,545 14 5 508.3
2009 Q2 29,784 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 27,760 16 9 576.4
2008 Q4 27,746 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 26,458 31 8 1171.7
2008 Q2 4,475 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2009 · 1 incident

2008 · 1 incident

May 28, 2008 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee was loading a backhoe onto a trailer, the backhoe slid off the side and overturned. The employee continued to work until 06/26/2008, on this date the doctor took him off work to have surgey on his shoulder.

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