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.
122 citations across 1,061 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
D-2 Mine has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 10 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
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
122 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
Of $6K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-06-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at D-2 Mine shows 97% of 169 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2003-06-04, 23 years ago
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
169
samples
2.15
dust max (mg/m3)
83 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 86 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
D-2 Mine recorded 22.97 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.
Injury rate, 2002
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
22.97
total case rate
13.78
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 6.89 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 8.22 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2002 *
22.97
13.78
0.000
2001 *
13.32
13.32
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2003
8
34,344
2002
14
62,257
2001
15
37,341
2000
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
D-2 Mine sits in Harlan County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.3% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Harlan County, Kentucky · Population 26,185
4.3%
Mining share of county employment
$37,198
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED AT BREAK NO. 40 IN THE NO. 1 ENTRY OF THE EAST MAIN ENTRIES WHILE THE MINE EXAMINER WAS CONDUCTING HIS PRE-SHIFT MINE EXAMINATION. THE FALL MEASURED 20 FT WIDE, 80 F T LONG AND 6 FT THICK. THE FALL OCCURRED SOMETIME BETWEEN THE END OF THE SHIFT ON 3-1-03 AT 3:00 PM, AND THE PRE-SHIFT ON 3-3-03 AT 4:00 AM.
2002 · 5 incidents
August 14, 2002KY · Coalsection foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift bossSTRIKING OR BUMPING
WHILE WALKING INTO MINE, EE HIT A ROOF STRAP THAT WAS HANGING DOWN. IT KNOCKED HIS HAT OFF AND CUT HIM IN TOP OF HEAD. THE DR AT THE ER PUT A FEW STITCHES IN HIS HEAD. NO OTHER MEDICAL PROBLEM S.
July 20, 2002KY · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderOTHER
UNKNOWN TO EVERYONE, A COPPERHEAD SNAKE WAS HIDDEN IN A LOAD OF ROCK DUST. WHEN THIS LOAD WAS BEING TRANSFERRED TO THE BELT TO BE SENT TO THE FACE, THE SNAKE BIT EE ON THE LEFT HAND. FORTUNATE LY, LITTLE OR NO VENUM ENTERED EE'S BODY. HE WASKEPT OVERNIGHT ATT HE HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVTION AND RETURNED TO WORK MINDAY 7-22-02.
June 22, 2002KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)HANDLING OF MATERIALS
MINER WAS UNHOOKING A PIECE OF LOW LOW STRUCTURE AND A PIECE OF METAL FROM THE STRUCTURE WENT INTO HIS FINGER. IT WAS A SMALL CUT TO HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER, BUT IT WAS DEEP AND HAD TO BE REMOV ED BY A DOCTOR.
WHILE BOLTING THE TOP, THE EMPLOYEE WAS LETTING THE JACKS DOWN ON THE MACHINE AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE BLOCK AND LEVER ON THE ROOF BOLT MACHINE.
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