Mining Incidents

Nicholas Saylor et al: 2 recorded fatalities controller

MSHA controller ID: C11465

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Fatalities
2
Total incidents
65
Mines on record
7
Years on record
1984–1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
43
citations
26
significant & substantial
$5,316
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,316 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
23
inspections on record
516
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: 516 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
43 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-08-29.
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.
60.5%
significant & substantial
4.7%
high negligence or reckless
60.5%
reasonably likely or greater
2.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 95.3% moderate, 4.7% 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: 2000-08-09, 26 years ago
88%
within 1.5 mg/m3
64
samples
4.78
dust max (mg/m3)
37 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 27 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR20
  • ROOF BOLTER (SINGLE HEAD)8
  • MOBILE BRIDGE OPERATOR7

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2000-06-19, 26 years ago
8.1
silica avg (%)
11
samples
17.2
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR4

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: 2000-04-06, 26 years ago
20%
over PEL
5
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • ROOF BOLTER (SINGLE HEAD)2
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR1
  • MECHANIC1
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

1998
1
1997
5
1996
3
1995
4
1994
3
1993
16 (1f)
1992
2
1991
3
1989
2
1988
6
1987
12 (1f)
1986
5
1985
2
1984
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

2 recorded
December 21, 1993 KY · Coal brattice man/worker Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
New Harlan Block Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF DRAWROCK MEASURING APPROXIMATELY SIX FEET BY 5 FEET AND WAS THREE TO SIX INCHES THICK FELL ON VICTIM WHO WAS HELPING ON AROOF BOLTING MACHINE. THE IMPACT RESULTED IN THE VICTIM DYI NG INSTANTLY.

July 29, 1987 KY · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
New Harlan Block Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE MAKING RE1ULAR ADVANCES IN MINING, A PIECE OF THE MINE ROOF FELL UNEXPECTEDLY ON THE MINER WITH PIECE FALLING AROUND IT. I NAME WAS SETTING TIMBERS WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AND BECOM.. XXX BECAME CRUS2ER BENEATH THE ROCK AND WAS FATALLY INJURED.

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Where Nicholas Saylor et al 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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