Mining Incidents

Kentucky May Coal Co.,Inc.: 78 MSHA citations operator

Controlled by Progress Energy Inc
MSHA operator ID: P24573

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2001–2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
78
citations
18
significant & substantial
$6,919
proposed penalties
$6,919
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
67
inspections on record
1,615
inspection hours
4.8
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.
78 citations across 1,615 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
78 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-01-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
23.1%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
23.1%
reasonably likely or greater
12.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 1.3% low, 98.7% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Injury rate, 2004
This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
11.72
total case rate
6.70
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 5.57 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2004 11.72 6.70 0.000
2003 3.53 1.76 0.000
2002 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 1.74 0.00 0.000
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
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.

Last sampled: 2005-02-22, 21 years ago
86%
within 1.5 mg/m3
236
samples
11.61
dust max (mg/m3)
134 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 102 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR96
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)26
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER13

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2005-02-02, 21 years ago
4.9
silica avg (%)
23
samples
7.3
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR14

Noise
The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.

Last sampled: 2004-09-02, 21 years ago
3%
over PEL
36
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER6
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)5
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR3
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2005
1
2004
11
2003
2
2001
1

Mines on record

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Where Kentucky May Coal Co.,Inc. stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

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