Mining Incidents

Diablo 2A Coal

Licking River Mining, LLC · Underground
Controlled by U S Coal Corporation
Duco, Magoffin County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519256

Diablo 2A has $164K in proposed MSHA penalties and $152K outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
2008–2013
Latest incident
Aug 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
473
citations
137
significant & substantial
$164,115
proposed penalties
$12,346
paid to date
8% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151,769 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
54
inspections on record
3,605
inspection hours
13.1
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.
473 citations across 3,605 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Diablo 2A has $164K in proposed MSHA penalties and $152K outstanding across 6 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.
$164K
proposed penalties
$164K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$152K
outstanding
456 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-08-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Diablo 2A shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.60 mg/m3 (89% compliant) across 208 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.
0.60
dust avg (mg/m3)
4.90
dust max (mg/m3)
89%
within 1.5 mg/m3
208
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-07-30.
Silica (quartz)
9.2
silica avg (%)
19.8
silica max (%)
13
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-07-18.
Noise
0%
over PEL
41
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-02-23.
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 1,618 3 1 1854.1
2013 Q2 2,137 11 1 5147.4
2013 Q1 468 7 5 14957.3
2012 Q4 684 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 11,570 50 8 4321.5
2012 Q2 15,249 36 11 2360.8
2012 Q1 15,866 45 13 2836.3
2011 Q4 17,853 23 10 1288.3
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q3 19,035 32 5 1681.1
2011 Q2 20,433 25 5 1223.5
2011 Q1 18,167 20 5 1100.9
2010 Q4 22,542 27 9 1197.8
2010 Q3 15,129 28 9 1850.8
2010 Q2 1,495 13 6 8695.7
2010 Q1 4,629 13 3 2808.4
2009 Q4 9,309 46 8 4941.5
2009 Q3 11,981 27 13 2253.6
2009 Q2 13,250 11 2 830.2
2009 Q1 7,347 36 15 4900.0
2008 Q4 7,431 10 5 1345.7
2008 Q3 2,151 10 3 4649.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

2013 · 1 incident

August 1, 2013 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rod Mining, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

while moving and loading metal onto pallets he strained lower back

2012 · 1 incident

2011 · 6 incidents

December 12, 2011 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Magoffin Co. Coal Corporation · Struck by falling object

Roof Bolting and pulled lever and canopy did not lower. Employee bumped lever and canopy fell on employee.

August 8, 2011 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Magoffin Co. Coal Corporation · Struck by falling object

Bolting #3 Heading, trying to move gob with head when a pot slipped and fell on his left knee.

January 4, 2011 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Magoffin Co. Coal Corporation · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Bolting top and hand was on arm. When raised, finger got caught between pot and top of roof.

2010 · 5 incidents

October 22, 2010 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Magoffin Co. Coal Corporation · Struck by rolling or sliding object

Repairing ram car wheel. Another employee operating separate ram car struck a 4 wheeler and then it rolled into the ram car EE was repairing striking him in leg.

October 8, 2010 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Magoffin Co. Coal Corporation · Struck by falling object

Bolting top and dropped pot on operator side striking left thigh.

September 20, 2010 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Magoffin Co. Coal Corporation · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Assisting the mechanic on the repair of the miner. Mechanic was prying on the motor and it pinched EE's finger causing laceration.

July 30, 2010 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Magoffin Co. Coal Corporation · Struck by falling object

Bolter steel fell striking employee on 5th finger on left hand.

2008 · 1 incident

December 8, 2008 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Double C Enterprises Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Blocking pan on miner. Pan came down and caught left thumb between pan & crib block. Required stitches.

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The full compliance file on Diablo 2A

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.