Mining Incidents

Knott County Mining Company operator

MSHA operator ID: P24190
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
88
Mines on record
7
Years on record
1998–2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
632
citations
194
significant & substantial
$83,599
proposed penalties
$75,599
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8,000 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
313
inspections on record
11,102
inspection hours
5.7
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.
632 citations across 11,102 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.
$84K
proposed penalties
$76K
current assessed
$76K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
624 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-09-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2004
11
2003
12
2002
15 (1f)
2001
7
2000
19
1999
14
1998
10

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
February 18, 2002 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Knott County Mining Company · Struck by falling object

THE EE WAS OPERATING A SINGLE BOOM ROOF BOLTER IN THE #6 ENTRY. IN THE PROCESS OF DRILLING A HOLE FOR BOLT INSTALATION THE EE WAS STRICKEN WITH A PIECE OF FALLEN ROOF APPROX. 20'X 21'X 14 FT. IN SIZE. THIS RESULTED IN FATAL INJURIES TO THE EMPLOYEE.

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