Mining Incidents

Young'S Fork Coal

Controlled by Progress Energy Inc
Sassafras, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518104

Young'S Fork has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1999–2002
Latest incident
Mar 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
38
citations
17
significant & substantial
$5,288
proposed penalties
$5,288
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
32
inspections on record
457
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: 457 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Young'S Fork has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
38 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-09-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Young'S Fork shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.37 mg/m3 (98% compliant) across 100 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.
0.37
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.62
dust max (mg/m3)
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
100
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-07-25.
Silica (quartz)
10.6
silica avg (%)
21.0
silica max (%)
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-11-07.
Noise
24%
over PEL
17
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-10-31.
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
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 8,121 3 0 369.4
2002 Q2 24,751 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 28,989 7 3 241.5
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q4 24,320 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 28,070 3 0 106.9
2001 Q2 25,132 6 4 238.7
2001 Q1 30,342 4 2 131.8
2000 Q4 24,430 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 28,014 6 6 214.2
2000 Q2 25,447 1 1 39.3
2000 Q1 29,311 8 1 272.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2002 · 1 incident

March 28, 2002 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Diamond May Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS DRIVING A BEARING INTO A DOGBONE ON 9222011 AND A PIECE CHIPPED OFF HIS SLEDGEHAMMER AND WENT INTO HIS FINGER.

2001 · 1 incident

May 22, 2001 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Diamond May Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE TOOK MUSCLE CRAMP IN HIS BACK WHILE RUNNING DOZER ON DRILL BENCH.

2000 · 2 incidents

July 28, 2000 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Diamond May Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH DOZER; HANDLE ON DOOR CAME OFF AND HE FELL BACKWARD, HURTING HIS LEFT HAND AND LEFT FOOT.

June 15, 2000 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond May Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS CLIMBING FORM LOADER & HIT HIS LEFT HAND ON THE TIRE. EE ADVISED 7-1-00 OF HAIRLINE FRACTURE.

1999 · 1 incident

December 20, 1999 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Diamond May Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EE CAME LATE FOR WORK IN HIS RUSH TO CATCH UP HEFORGOT TO BUCKLE HIS SEAT BELT WHEN THE WENT OVER THE BENCH THE BLADE WENT INTO THE GROUND & HE WAS THROWN AGAINST THECAB, CUTTING HIS HEAD Y

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The full compliance file on Young'S Fork

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.