Mining Incidents

#1 Coal

Dennis Mining LLC · Underground
Controlled by Brian Jones
Stanville, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517506

#1 has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1994–2002
Latest incident
Aug 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
140
citations
45
significant & substantial
$9,952
proposed penalties
$3,082
paid to date
31% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,870 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
48
inspections on record
1,140
inspection hours
12.3
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.
140 citations across 1,140 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#1 has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$7K
outstanding
136 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-12-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.51 mg/m3 (94% compliant) across 176 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.
0.51
dust avg (mg/m3)
7.55
dust max (mg/m3)
94%
within 1.5 mg/m3
176
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-02-12.
Silica (quartz)
3.1
silica avg (%)
4.6
silica max (%)
9
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-10-23.
Noise
0%
over PEL
15
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-12-02.
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
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 2,810 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,299 12 6 2791.3
2002 Q3 5,913 11 1 1860.3
2002 Q2 8,270 8 1 967.4
2002 Q1 8,546 30 7 3510.4
2001 Q4 13,229 11 1 831.5
2001 Q3 13,013 0 0 0.0
Show 1 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q2 10,489 2 0 190.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2002 · 2 incidents

August 20, 2002 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
B & R Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

NON INJURY IN THE #10 ENTRY ABOUT 100 FT OF COVERAGE WHILE GOING TOWARD OUT CROP TO PICK UP A #11 HEADING FOREMAN DISCOVERED DETERIORATING CONDITIONS AND CLOSED OFF AREA. APPROX ONE HOUR LATER THE ROOF FELL IN ENTER SECTION BETWEEN #10.

May 6, 2002 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B & R Coal Company Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

WORKER WAS LOADING ROCK ON SCOOP WHEN A ROCK ROLLED OFF SCOOP MASHING FINGER.

1995 · 3 incidents

September 27, 1995 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Miller Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING BOOM OF MACHINE TO BEND ROOF BOLT.

September 5, 1995 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Miller Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS GETTING READY TO LOWER STABILIZER JACK. HIS ARM CAUGHT ROOF BETWEEN ELBOW & STABILIZER LEVER. AS MACHINE WENT UP HIS ARM WAS PINNED AGAINST TOP AT THE ELBOW.

1994 · 1 incident

October 22, 1994 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Miller Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP AND GOT HIS KNEE AGAINST THE MINE ROOF, STRAINING A MUSCLE IN HIS LEFT HIP.

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The full compliance file on #1

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.