Mining Incidents

DM-2 Coal

McDowell, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518472

DM-2 has $307K in proposed MSHA penalties and $295K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2007–2009
Latest incident
Feb 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
331
citations
153
significant & substantial
$307,486
proposed penalties
$10,937
paid to date
4% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $296,549 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
75
inspections on record
1,877
inspection hours
17.6
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.
331 citations across 1,877 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

DM-2 has $307K in proposed MSHA penalties and $295K outstanding across 1 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.
$307K
proposed penalties
$306K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$295K
outstanding
319 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-09-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at DM-2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.79 mg/m3 (88% compliant) across 126 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.
0.79
dust avg (mg/m3)
4.62
dust max (mg/m3)
88%
within 1.5 mg/m3
126
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-08-28.
Silica (quartz)
6.2
silica avg (%)
10.6
silica max (%)
8
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-06-18.
Noise
0%
over PEL
20
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-06-10.
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
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 6 0
2013 Q2 0 1 0
2010 Q4 0 3 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 1 0
Show 15 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q1 0 1 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q2 23,056 26 8 1127.7
2009 Q1 29,952 55 26 1836.3
2008 Q2 224 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 437 4 0 9153.3
2007 Q2 4,944 11 4 2224.9
2007 Q1 3,299 22 14 6668.7
2006 Q4 4,944 12 2 2427.2
2006 Q3 4,818 53 30 11000.4
2006 Q2 3,467 43 23 12402.7
2006 Q1 1,646 37 20 22478.7
2004 Q4 3,978 11 3 2765.2
2004 Q3 795 12 6 15094.3
2004 Q2 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2009 · 1 incident

February 25, 2009 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Fools Gold Energy Corporation · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Welding cutter head hyd/jack 14-15 joy cont/miner. Punctured hole in hyd/jack. Oil spray on both hands and face causing 2nd and 3rd degree burns.

2007 · 2 incidents

April 19, 2007 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Foggy Mountain Coal Co. Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Working on belt and he got hit with crib block while moving them away.

February 23, 2007 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss MACHINERY
Foggy Mountain Coal Co. Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was crawling beside a cutter machine checking for a leak and the tire pinched his right leg.

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