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: 252 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Dayhoit Tipple has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-11-04.
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.
MSHA sampling at Dayhoit Tipple shows 100% of 24 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: 2003-06-11, 23 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
24
samples
1.05
dust max (mg/m3)
21 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 3 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.
Dayhoit Tipple recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.
Injury rate, 2000
ⓘ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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US coal mining average was 7.74 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 8.83 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.
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
Year
Employees
2004
5
2003
6
2002
4
2001
8
2000
15
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Dayhoit Tipple 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
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2004 Q1
659
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
3,747
13
4
3469.4
2003 Q3
3,507
1
1
285.1
2003 Q2
4,242
1
0
235.7
2003 Q1
3,410
2
2
586.5
2002 Q4
2,300
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
1,611
7
6
4345.1
2001 Q4
1,432
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2001 Q3
1,262
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
4,284
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
10,685
7
6
655.1
2000 Q4
10,043
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
9,113
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
9,060
1
0
110.4
2000 Q1
9,986
1
1
100.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
20 on file
2001 · 1 incident
March 14, 2001KY · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PLATING OVER A WALKWAY WITH A PIECE OF 6' X 2' X 3/8" SHEET METAL. WHILE LIFTING THE PLATE, THE EE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LEFT SIDE OF HIP AND LEFT LEG.
EE WAS STARTING UP HILL WHEN 1/2 WAY UP THE HILLTRUCK ACTED LIKE THE ENGINE WAS GOING TO DIE - ALMOST TO THE TOP OF THE HILL THE TRUCK ENGINE DIED. EE HIT BRAKES AND THE LOAD ON TRUCK SHIFTED TO THE BACK AND TRUCK STARTED TO ROLL BACK TOWARD DITCH AND TIPPED OVER.
1994 · 4 incidents
October 7, 1994KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE JUMPED FROM TOP OF VIBRATOR SCREEN TO THE GROUND APPROX. 4' INSTEAD OF CLIMBING DOWN. EMPLOYEE AT THAT TIME BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE PAIN IN HIS LEFT HEEL.
May 26, 1994KY · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE REPORTED ACCIDENT ON MARCH 28 EE WAS CHANING MOTOR ON RAN COAL VIBRATOR WHEN EE PICK UP MOTOR TO PUT ON BASE HE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCED PAIN AT BASE OF BACK LEFT HIP AND LEFT LEG.
January 4, 1994KY · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING MUD ONTO BELTLINE AND WHILE SHOVELING EXPERIENCED PAIN IN BACK.
1989 · 1 incident
January 25, 1989KY · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
INJURED PARTY W5S OBSERVING AND REMOVING DEBRIS OR REFUSE FROM SCREENING OPERATION IN CRUSHER HOUSE AT PREP. PLANT. HE REMOVED A LARGE ROCK FROM LARGE SCALPING SCREEN AND CAUSED A DOUBLE HERN IA. 3
I,NAME WAS SUPE9VISING REPAIR CREW ON PREPARATION MAINTENANCE. IN WALKING UP AND DOWN STEPS HE AGGRAVATED EARLIER INJURY WHEN HE FELL ONTO STOKER HOPPER ON 11-21-85. NOT REALIZING INJURY WAS S ERIOUS, WE PAID3INITIAL PHARMACY, DOCTOR AND HOPSITAL COSTS AS WELL AS SICK PAY. HE GOT A "RETURN TO WORK" SLIP FROM DOCTOR FOR ORIGINAL INJURY (11-21-85). HIS JOB ACTIVITY PERFORMANCE AGGRAV
1984 · 1 incident
December 10, 1984KY · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
SUBJECT WAS SUING A SLATE BAR TO BREAK UP LUMP OF COAL IN BOTTOM OF DUMP HOPPER THE COAL BROKE LOOSE AND SLATE BAR SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND CAUSING HIS FINGERS TO COME IN CONTACT WITH THE COAL AND THE HOPPER AT THIS POINT SUBJECT WAS INJURED