James Middleton: 24 reportable incidents controller
MSHA controller ID: 0040504
James Middleton has had no fatalities among 24 reportable incidents since 1996.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 24
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 1996–1999
Injury rate, 2000
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This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000 and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year. Employment reports reach back to 1983, but those earlier years come from MSHA's archived file format and are not used in rates.0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US coal mining average was 7.74 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Health sampling
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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
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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: 2000-09-12, 26 years ago
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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.81%
within 1.5 mg/m3
58
samples
6.01
dust max (mg/m3)
24 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 34 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR29
- SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)5
- SCOOP CAR OPERATOR4
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2000-07-14, 26 years ago4.6
silica avg (%)
4
samples
7.4
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR3
Noise
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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: 2000-03-22, 26 years ago
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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.9%
over PEL
11
samples
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR3
- SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)3
- ELECTRICIAN2
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Top causes
- MACHINERY 8 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 7 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 6 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 1 non-fatal
- OTHER 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
1999
5
1998
6
1997
10
1996
3
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- No 3 Mine KY
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Where James Middleton stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate
MSHA's standard limits respirable silica to 50 micrograms per cubic metre, but MSHA publishes dust and quartz as separate files and never the silica figure itself. We derive it per sample, score it against the limit, and set the operator's injury rate against a benchmark built from the full MSHA operator record. With the 26-year penalty trail, contest posture, and fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.
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