#9A, Knott County, Kentucky: 236 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
#9A is a temporarily idled coal (bituminous) underground mine in Knott County, Kentucky, operated by Kratos Resources, LLC with 0 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 1519116). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 236 citations and orders there with $360,724 in proposed penalties, and 11 accident reports were filed there, with 2 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 1519116
- Status
- Temporarily Idled since April 29, 2026
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Underground
- County
- Knott County, Kentucky
- Nearest town
- Redfox
- Operator
- Kratos Resources, LLC
- Employees
- 0
- MSHA field office
- Hazard KY Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 236
- Significant and substantial
- 66 (28.0%)
- Closure orders
- 29
- High negligence or reckless
- 12
- Proposed penalties
- $360,724
- Amount paid so far
- $1,299
- Inspections
- 133
- Inspector hours on site
- 2,236
- Citations per inspection
- 1.77 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 11
- Injury and illness cases
- 2
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- July 30, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 4 ($848 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 | 2 | 0 | $133 | 0 |
| 2023 | 19 | 4 | $1,299 | 0 |
| 2024 | 75 | 19 | $104,712 | 0 |
| 2025 | 134 | 42 | $253,335 | 2 |
| 2026 | 6 | 1 | $1,245 | 0 |
Standards cited most at #9A
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 75.400 | Underground coal mines, safety | 21 |
| 30 CFR 75.512 | Underground coal mines, safety | 11 |
| 30 CFR 75.370 | Underground coal mines, safety | 11 |
| 30 CFR 75.503 | Underground coal mines, safety | 10 |
| 30 CFR 75.202 | Underground coal mines, safety | 9 |
| 30 CFR 75.1914 | Underground coal mines, safety | 7 |
| 30 CFR 75.1911 | Underground coal mines, safety | 6 |
| 30 CFR 75.380 | Underground coal mines, safety | 6 |
| 30 CFR 75.220 | Underground coal mines, safety | 5 |
| 30 CFR 72.630 | Part 72 | 5 |
| 30 CFR 75.342 | Underground coal mines, safety | 5 |
| 30 CFR 75.1107-16 | Underground coal mines, safety | 4 |
| 30 CFR 75.360 | Underground coal mines, safety | 4 |
| 30 CFR 75.1711 | Underground coal mines, safety | 4 |
| 30 CFR 75.1910 | Underground coal mines, safety | 4 |
Injury and illness cases at #9A
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 2 |
What the accident reports at #9A describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Fall of roof or back | 9 |
| Slip or fall of person | 1 |
| Electrical | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at #9A
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Rock or roof bolting machine | 1 |
Other open mines in Knott County, Kentucky
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Adella Coal, Inc | Knott County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 18 | 519 |
| No. 8 | MRM Mining Inc | Knott County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 2 | 30 |
| Raven Prep Plant | Low Vol Coal, LLC | Knott County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 23 |
| Supreme Energy Prep Plant | Knott County Coal, LLC | Knott County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 2 | 9 |
| Jones Fork Plant | Kentucky Fuel Corporation | Knott County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 8 |
| Lick Branch Slurry Impoundment | Liberty Management, LLC. | Knott County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 1 |
| KY Fuels E3rf | Kentucky Fuel Corporation | Knott County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 0 |
| Huff Branch #2 | Low Vol Coal, LLC | Knott County, KY | Not stated | 0 | 0 |
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.