Mining Incidents

Diamondville Strip Coal

Controlled by Kerry L Mears
Nashville, Indiana County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607105

Diamondville Strip has $374 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1987–2002
Latest incident
Sep 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
6
citations
4
significant & substantial
$374
proposed penalties
$374
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
26
inspections on record
184
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: 184 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Diamondville Strip has $374 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.
$374
proposed penalties
$374
current assessed
$374
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-02-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Diamondville Strip shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.16 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 22 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.
0.16
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.51
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
22
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-12-11.
Silica (quartz)
43.6
silica avg (%)
46.0
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-11-26.
Noise
0%
over PEL
9
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-11-20.
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
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 388 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,831 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,617 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,742 1 1 364.7
2002 Q4 1,904 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 829 1 0 1206.3
2002 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
Show 9 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q1 350 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,917 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,094 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,790 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,452 1 0 407.8
2000 Q4 1,821 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,867 3 3 1606.9
2000 Q2 1,742 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 473 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2002 · 1 incident

September 23, 2002 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mears Enterprises Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS POUNDING BOLT OUT OF CAP ON ROCK TRUCK, MISSED THE BOLT AND HIT HIMSELF ON LEFT FOOT.

2001 · 1 incident

April 9, 2001 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mears Enterprises Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REPLACING TOOTH ON LOADER BUCKET WHEN LOCK RING THAT HOLDS THE PIN IN PLACE BROKE, CAUSING A SLIVER OF STEEL TO PROJECT INTO EE'S LOWER LEFT KNEE.

1989 · 1 incident

December 4, 1989 PA · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Mears Enterprises Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

KWHEN EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO TURN CONVEYOR BELT BACKWARDS TO LOOSEN COAL, SUDDENLY COAL BECAME UNSTUCK AND CAUGHT RIGHT LTTLE FINGER IN BELT AND PULLEY.

1988 · 1 incident

February 24, 1988 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Mears Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHEN DRIVING COAL TRUCK EMPLOYEE WENT UPHILL IN FIRST GEAR, GOT TO TOP OF HILL, TRUCK STALLED OUT AND WENT BACKWARDS, LOST CONTROL AND TURNED OVER ON THE DRIVERS SIDE.

1987 · 1 incident

January 19, 1987 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mears Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE SLIPPE8 WHILE THROWING CRIBBING BLOCKS.

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The full compliance file on Diamondville Strip

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.