Mining Incidents

#4 Coal

D & D Mining, Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Timothy R Dye
McDowell, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519174

#4 has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $24K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
162
citations
82
significant & substantial
$23,904
proposed penalties
$281
paid to date
1% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $23,623 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
9
inspections on record
428
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: 428 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#4 has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $24K 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.
$24K
proposed penalties
$24K
current assessed
$281
paid to date
$24K
outstanding
157 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-12-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at #4 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.77 mg/m3 (74% compliant) across 19 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.
0.77
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.26
dust max (mg/m3)
74%
within 1.5 mg/m3
19
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-07-31.
Silica (quartz)
4.3
silica avg (%)
4.7
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-08-07.
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
2008 Q3 8,316 69 45 8297.3
2008 Q2 6,950 80 33 11510.8
2008 Q1 2,241 12 4 5354.8

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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The full compliance file on #4

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.