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Sturgeon Freeman Fork: 84 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Sturgeon Freeman Fork is an active coal (bituminous) surface mine in Breathitt County, Kentucky, operated by Sturgeon Mining Inc with 5 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 1518982). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 84 citations and orders there with $27,662 in proposed penalties, and 1 accident report was filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 1518982
- Status
- Active since July 8, 2025
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Breathitt County, Kentucky
- Nearest town
- Buckhorn
- Operator
- Sturgeon Mining Inc
- Employees
- 5
- MSHA field office
- Barbourville KY Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 84
- Significant and substantial
- 23 (27.4%)
- Closure orders
- 2
- High negligence or reckless
- 3
- Proposed penalties
- $27,662
- Amount paid so far
- $16,283
- Inspections
- 19
- Inspector hours on site
- 587
- Citations per inspection
- 4.42 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 1
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- October 23, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 6 ($1,125 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 28 | 5 | $5,222 | 0 |
| 2023 | 26 | 9 | $17,404 | 0 |
| 2025 | 21 | 6 | $3,218 | 0 |
| 2026 | 9 | 3 | $1,818 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Sturgeon Freeman Fork
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 77.1605 | Surface coal mines, safety | 13 |
| 30 CFR 77.1606 | Surface coal mines, safety | 12 |
| 30 CFR 77.404 | Surface coal mines, safety | 9 |
| 30 CFR 72.620 | Part 72 | 8 |
| 30 CFR 77.1110 | Surface coal mines, safety | 7 |
| 30 CFR 77.1104 | Surface coal mines, safety | 6 |
| 30 CFR 77.410 | Surface coal mines, safety | 5 |
| 30 CFR 77.1700 | Surface coal mines, safety | 3 |
| 30 CFR 77.1109 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.1000 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.400 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.205 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.1001 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1103 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.501 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
What the accident reports at Sturgeon Freeman Fork describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Fire | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Sturgeon Freeman Fork
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks | 1 |
Other open mines in Breathitt County, Kentucky
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diablo #4 | Liberty Management, LLC. | Breathitt County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 25 |
| Howards Creek Mine | Maple Creek LLC | Breathitt County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 6 | 12 |
| K-2 Preparation Plant | Kentucky Fuel Corporation | Breathitt County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 7 |
| P-1 Flint Ridge | Cardinal Reclamation Company, LLC | Breathitt County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 4 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.