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Howards Creek Mine: 12 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Howards Creek Mine is an active coal (bituminous) surface mine in Breathitt County, Kentucky, operated by Maple Creek LLC with 6 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 1519832). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 12 citations and orders there with $1,665 in proposed penalties, and 1 accident report was filed there, with 1 injury or illness case.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 1519832
- Status
- Active since August 28, 2025
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Breathitt County, Kentucky
- Nearest town
- Haddix
- Operator
- Maple Creek LLC
- Employees
- 6
- MSHA field office
- Hazard KY Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 12
- Significant and substantial
- 2 (16.7%)
- Closure orders
- 1
- High negligence or reckless
- 1
- Proposed penalties
- $1,665
- Amount paid so far
- $1,363
- Inspections
- 13
- Inspector hours on site
- 205
- Citations per inspection
- 0.92 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 1
- Injury and illness cases
- 1
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- October 27, 2026
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | $429 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | $495 | 0 |
| 2026 | 6 | 1 | $741 | 1 |
Standards cited most at Howards Creek Mine
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 77.1104 | Surface coal mines, safety | 4 |
| 30 CFR 62.130 | Occupational noise exposure | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.1605 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 72.620 | Part 72 | 1 |
| 30 CFR 71.209 | Surface coal mines, health | 1 |
| 30 CFR 71.400 | Surface coal mines, health | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.404 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Howards Creek Mine
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 1 |
What the accident reports at Howards Creek Mine describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Slip or fall of person | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Howards Creek Mine
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Shovel | 1 |
Other open mines in Breathitt County, Kentucky
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sturgeon Freeman Fork | Sturgeon Mining Inc | Breathitt County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 5 | 84 |
| Diablo #4 | Liberty Management, LLC. | Breathitt County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 25 |
| 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.