Mining Incidents

Mine No 3 Coal

Russ & Sons Inc · Surface
Controlled by Unruh Ivan
Coal Hill, Johnson County, AR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0301535

MSHA sampling at Mine No 3 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.08 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 2 samples, plus the mine's fatality, citation, and penalty record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1993–1996
Latest incident
Apr 1996
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
8
inspections on record
61
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: 61 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine No 3 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.08 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 2 samples.

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.
0.08
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.10
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-05-10.
Noise
100%
over PEL
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-05-10.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 1,456 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,656 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1996 · 1 incident

April 12, 1996 AR · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Russ & Sons Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

FINGER CUT OFF BETWEEN HITCH AND DRAWBAR WHILE TRY TO HOOK DOZER TO WATER PUMP.

1993 · 1 incident

June 19, 1993 AR · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Seven C'S Construction Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS DRAGGING CABLE FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER. HIS FEET SLIPPED & HE FELL ON HIS BUTTOCKS.

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The full compliance file on Mine No 3

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.