Mining Incidents

KY King Coal Incorporated: 116 MSHA citations operator

MSHA operator ID: 0082768

KY King Coal Incorporated has no reportable incidents on file with MSHA. MSHA has proposed $18K in penalties since 2007, with $13K outstanding.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Mines on record
0
Years on record
—
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
116
citations
35
significant & substantial
$18,192
proposed penalties
$5,058
paid to date
28% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,134 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
26
inspections on record
732
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: 732 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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.
$18K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$13K
outstanding
109 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-06-21.
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.
32.1%
significant & substantial
2.8%
high negligence or reckless
32.1%
reasonably likely or greater
1.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.4% low, 90.8% moderate, 2.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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: 2009-06-02, 17 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
1
samples
0.03
dust max (mg/m3)
1 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • UTILITY MAN1

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: 2009-11-10, 16 years ago
0%
over PEL
6
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • UTILITY MAN3
  • CLEANUP MAN1
  • ELECTRICIAN1
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents associated with this operator.

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Where KY King Coal Incorporated stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

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