Mining Incidents

Dickerson P3 Coal

Cadiz, Harrison County, OH  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 3304507

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
2003–2006
Latest incident
Mar 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
83
citations
25
significant & substantial
$20,487
proposed penalties
$18,422
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
2025 Q4 42 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 164 3 0 18292.7
2025 Q2 104 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 128 1 0 7812.5
2024 Q4 252 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 394 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 272 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 246 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

2006 · 2 incidents

March 3, 2006 OH · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
DTE Dickerson LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Loosening impellar on slurry booster pump when impellar came loose and caused me to slip and fall, hitting my lower back on the impellar housing.

2005 · 5 incidents

September 30, 2005 OH · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
DTE Dickerson LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Was operating forlift truck & was climbing on & off to help guide the 350 MCM electric cable that powers the dyna-jet. It started hurting early in the afternoon but at around 5:45 it started hurting so bad that I could not finish out my shift.

August 13, 2005 OH · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
DTE Dickerson LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE'S WERE HYDRAULIC MINING A FINE COAL RECOVERY POND WHEN A SLOPE FAILURE OCCURED CAUSING MATERIAL TO FALL TO THE WORKING AREA OF THE PIT. A STUDY WAS PERFORMED INDICATING FAILURE OCCURRED DUE TO OVERSTEEPING OF FACE DURING OPERATIONS. THE SLOPE MAY HAVE FAILED DUE TO COMBINATION OF HYDRAULIC MINING AND THE PROXIMITY OF AN EROSION CHANNEL ADJACENT TO THE SLOPE FAILURE.

August 13, 2005 OH · Coal INUNDATION
DTE Dickerson LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Coal slurry highwall dislodged causing slide approx. 120' long 50' high 20' wide which covered mining equipment. Damage unknown at this time.

August 7, 2005 OH · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
DTE Dickerson LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Loose objects underfoot at job site (i.e. rocks); employee slipped on loose rocks and fell.

July 25, 2005 OH · Coal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
DTE Dickerson LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROLLED AN ATV AFTER HITTING A DITCH. MY LEFT LOWER LEG WAS STRUCK BY THE ATV. LEG HAD SOME SWELLING. I CONTINUED TO WORK THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY.

2004 · 3 incidents

March 13, 2004 OH · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
DTE Dickerson LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROCK GOT STUCK UNDERNEATH SLIDE DOOR FROM FEEDER HOPPER TO FEEDER THROAT. EE ATTEMPTED TO DISLODGE ROCK, USING 6' SPUD BAR. PLATE THAT EE WAS STANDING ON GAVE WAY, CAUSING HIS BODY TO DROP APPROX. 6". EE LOST HIS BALANCE, THE SPUD BAR MISSED THE TARGET AND STRUCK THE DOOR, BOUNCING BACK AND STRIKING EE'S SAFETY GLASSES ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE, CAUSING INJURY.

February 5, 2004 OH · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
DTE Dickerson LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON AN INCLINED SURFACE IN SNOWY AND ICY CONDITIONS AND SLIPPED, TWISTING HIS ANKLE.

January 24, 2004 OH · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
DTE Dickerson LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SNOW COVERED ICE ON FROZEN SURFACE CAUSING A SLIP AND TWIST OF KNEE.

2003 · 2 incidents

December 6, 2003 OH · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
DTE Dickerson LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS HELPING LOAD A 55 GAL DRUM OF KEROSENE AND THE VALVE CAME LOOSE SPILLING KEROSENE ON HIS LEG. HE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH KEROSENE ON HIS PANTS LEG THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY CAUSING A CHEM ICAL BURN TO THE LEFT LEG. DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 8:00AM 12/7/2003.

October 5, 2003 OH · Coal miner, nec NONPOWERED HAULAGE
DTE Dickerson LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING A CART CONTAINING OXYACETYLEXE BOTTLES ACROSS MUDDY GROUND AND SPRAINED LOW BACK.