Mining Incidents

D & C Mining Corporation Coal

D & C Mining Corporation · Underground
Controlled by Horace Garrison Hill
Cranks, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518182

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
14
Years on record
2002–2011
Latest incident
Nov 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
2,423
citations
942
significant & substantial
$4,141,260
proposed penalties
$417,023
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q3 0 4 1
2013 Q2 0 6 0
2013 Q1 0 1 0
2012 Q4 2,994 24 4 8016.0
2012 Q3 8,426 62 22 7358.2
2012 Q2 3,678 59 15 16041.3
2012 Q1 7,339 119 34 16214.7
2011 Q4 9,797 94 32 9594.8
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
June 9, 2009 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
D & C Mining Corporation · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Supply car was bringing concrete block into break to build permanent stoppings when chain broke letting supply car roll through curtain crushing foreman between supply car and 94L bridge causing fatal injury.

Reportable incidents

13 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2011 · 2 incidents

August 19, 2011 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
D & C Mining Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Cutting a piece of mining belt, let knife slip and cut right leg on thigh.

2010 · 2 incidents

June 28, 2010 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
D & C Mining Corporation · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Running 506 Jeffery Bridge Carrier caught left foot between rib & carried. Mashed foot but no broken bones.

March 30, 2010 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
D & C Mining Corporation · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee walked across belt laying on mine floor it was wet and slipped and hurt left knee.

2009 · 2 incidents

December 17, 2009 KY · Coal IMPOUNDMENT
D & C Mining Corporation · Accident type, without injuries

Water running to seals. Pump went down.

September 18, 2009 KY · Coal INUNDATION
D & C Mining Corporation · Accident type, without injuries

Water discharging from seal in return. Air course - with no pumps in place to pump water. Pumps were put in place.

2005 · 2 incidents

December 21, 2005 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
D & C Mining Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Mashed finger with sledge hammer.

January 20, 2005 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
D & C Mining Corporation · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

482 Scoop. He was scooping rocks got head over scoop and caught head between scoop and top of roof.

2004 · 2 incidents

May 5, 2004 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
D & C Mining Corporation · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING UP ROOF SUPPORT MASHED LEFT INDEX FINGER.

2003 · 1 incident

February 17, 2003 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
D & C Mining Corporation · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS TAKING DOOR OFF OF #2-506. CARRIER OPERATOR OF #1-506 CARRIER PUSHED #1 CARRIER BACKWARD INTO STRUCTURE.

2002 · 2 incidents

August 20, 2002 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
D & C Mining Corporation · Struck against stationary object

JUMPED FROM MOVING LOADER.

March 29, 2002 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
D & C Mining Corporation · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BRIDGE CHAIN CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN CHAIN AND ROCK. ROCK 6 IN BY 14 IN ONE END SHARP AS RAZOR.