Mining Incidents

DEAN COAL&STONE Coal

Controlled by Russell K Dean
Evarts, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518653

DEAN COAL&STONE has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2024
Latest incident
Mar 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
54
citations
7
significant & substantial
$8,847
proposed penalties
$1,461
paid to date
17% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,386 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
60
inspections on record
823
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: 823 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

DEAN COAL&STONE has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$7K
outstanding
50 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-31.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at DEAN COAL&STONE shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.09 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 42 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.
0.09
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.36
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
42
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-03-06.
Silica (quartz)
2.9
silica avg (%)
2.9
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2023-12-14.
Noise
0%
over PEL
35
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-03-06.
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
2025 Q2 702 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,378 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 6,936 8 0 1153.4
2024 Q2 7,780 2 0 257.1
2024 Q1 4,916 2 0 406.8
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,600 2 0 769.2
2015 Q2 1,680 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 320 2 1 6250.0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2024 · 1 incident

March 25, 2024 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
DEAN COAL & STONE LLC · Struck by flying object

While sorting for quality and size for sale, employee number 1 accidently threw and struck employee number 2. As a result, employee 2 has a small cut behind the left ear that required a trip to the emergency room. Treatment included cleaning and placement of 2 staples close to the wound.

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The full compliance file on DEAN COAL&STONE

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