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

D & C Mining Corporation has $4.1M in proposed MSHA penalties and $3.3M outstanding across 74 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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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
10% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,724,237 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
151
inspections on record
9,639
inspection hours
25.1
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.
2,423 citations across 9,639 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

D & C Mining Corporation has $4.1M in proposed MSHA penalties and $3.3M outstanding across 74 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.
$4.1M
proposed penalties
$3.7M
current assessed
$417K
paid to date
$3.3M
outstanding
2,323 assessments are final orders; 74 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-02-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at D & C Mining Corporation shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.55 mg/m3 (92% compliant) across 796 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.
0.55
dust avg (mg/m3)
4.22
dust max (mg/m3)
92%
within 1.5 mg/m3
796
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-10-17.
Silica (quartz)
4.8
silica avg (%)
8.4
silica max (%)
56
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-10-31.
Noise
13%
over PEL
95
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-06-20.
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
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
Show 45 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q3 11,640 71 29 6099.7
2011 Q2 10,121 57 15 5631.9
2011 Q1 10,226 47 19 4596.1
2010 Q4 9,257 52 13 5617.4
2010 Q3 11,128 83 34 7458.7
2010 Q2 12,078 90 54 7451.6
2010 Q1 11,676 79 28 6766.0
2009 Q4 9,308 46 14 4942.0
2009 Q3 11,109 106 35 9541.8
2009 Q2 11,097 20 7 1802.3
2009 Q1 10,513 26 8 2473.1
2008 Q4 12,465 51 26 4091.5
2008 Q3 11,486 34 7 2960.1
2008 Q2 12,221 69 21 5646.0
2008 Q1 11,119 38 12 3417.6
2007 Q4 10,630 69 25 6491.1
2007 Q3 9,402 43 13 4573.5
2007 Q2 10,830 53 22 4893.8
2007 Q1 10,247 71 39 6928.9
2006 Q4 12,088 42 23 3474.5
2006 Q3 12,256 56 18 4569.2
2006 Q2 10,922 45 21 4120.1
2006 Q1 12,116 47 23 3879.2
2005 Q4 11,410 37 14 3242.8
2005 Q3 11,089 42 14 3787.5
2005 Q2 9,538 43 17 4508.3
2005 Q1 10,866 47 19 4325.4
2004 Q4 13,633 44 8 3227.5
2004 Q3 11,972 23 14 1921.1
2004 Q2 9,524 48 22 5039.9
2004 Q1 8,153 20 9 2453.1
2003 Q4 10,126 38 10 3752.7
2003 Q3 8,430 37 17 4389.1
2003 Q2 7,579 25 10 3298.6
2003 Q1 6,390 21 13 3286.4
2002 Q4 7,585 64 34 8437.7
2002 Q3 5,479 80 43 14601.2
2002 Q2 5,353 50 26 9340.6
2002 Q1 3,595 28 18 7788.6
2001 Q3 2,888 3 0 1038.8
2001 Q1 2,621 28 9 10682.9
2000 Q4 3,120 16 5 5128.2
2000 Q3 16 14 9 875000.0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0

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.

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The full compliance file on D & C Mining Corporation

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.