Kentucky Fuel Corporation operator
Controlled by
James C Justice II
MSHA operator ID: 0059863
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 70
- Mines on record
- 11
- Years on record
- 2010–2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
1,928
citations
716
significant & substantial
$2,456,738
proposed penalties
$1,353,054
paid to date
55% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,103,684 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
812
inspections on record
21,523
inspection hours
9.0
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.1,928 citations across 21,523 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
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.$2.5M
proposed penalties
$1.9M
current assessed
$1.4M
paid to date
$502K
outstanding
1,830 assessments are final orders; 136 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 22 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 14 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 10 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 7 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 4 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 3 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2016
5
2015
1
2014
10
2013
14
2012
10
2011
24
2010
6
Mines on record
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