Mining Incidents

Garland Mine Coal

Garland, Bourbon County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401626

Garland Mine has $234K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 16 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2004–2012
Latest incident
Apr 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
268
citations
109
significant & substantial
$233,799
proposed penalties
$172,912
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $60,887 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
50
inspections on record
2,239
inspection hours
12.0
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.
268 citations across 2,239 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Garland Mine has $234K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 16 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.
$234K
proposed penalties
$174K
current assessed
$173K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
264 assessments are final orders; 16 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-07-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Garland Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.29 mg/m3 (98% compliant) across 109 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.
0.29
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.01
dust max (mg/m3)
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
109
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-11-17.
Silica (quartz)
4.5
silica avg (%)
8.4
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-12-23.
Noise
7%
over PEL
84
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-04-09.
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
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 631 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,470 1 0 680.3
2016 Q2 2,941 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,947 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,675 2 0 747.7
2015 Q3 2,852 3 1 1051.9
2015 Q2 2,692 0 0 0.0
Show 45 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q1 2,396 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,399 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,170 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,481 18 7 5170.9
2014 Q1 3,447 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,389 4 1 1180.3
2013 Q3 4,221 2 1 473.8
2013 Q2 3,444 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,949 4 1 1356.4
2012 Q4 5,859 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,886 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,149 3 0 2611.0
2012 Q1 5,066 12 5 2368.7
2011 Q4 8,557 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 5,351 3 0 560.6
2011 Q2 901 3 2 3329.6
2011 Q1 4,003 3 1 749.4
2010 Q4 27,067 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 23,605 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 25,642 6 4 234.0
2010 Q1 19,027 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 22,549 15 6 665.2
2009 Q3 17,807 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 20,428 53 27 2594.5
2009 Q1 16,674 24 8 1439.4
2008 Q4 26,173 27 17 1031.6
2008 Q3 21,307 4 1 187.7
2008 Q2 26,987 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 16,757 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 7,956 50 15 6284.6
2007 Q3 25,423 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 19,796 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 22,991 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 19,910 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 22,205 15 8 675.5
2006 Q2 16,930 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 20,287 1 0 49.3
2005 Q4 16,820 8 2 475.6
2005 Q3 18,644 2 1 107.3
2005 Q2 10,883 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 11,627 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 9,096 4 1 439.8
2004 Q3 11,121 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,988 1 0 143.1
2004 Q1 2,013 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2012 · 1 incident

April 5, 2012 KS · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Phoenix Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

While walking down the stairs of the Hitachi 1800 Track Hoe, the injured slipped on the last step and fell backward on the steps straining his back. Missed 3 days, worked 2 days and then missed one more day.

2008 · 1 incident

February 8, 2008 KS · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Phoenix Mining Company · Struck by falling object

Lift cylinder on 773B Rock Truck fell apx 1 foot and pinned left hand to tire.

2006 · 3 incidents

September 14, 2006 KS · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Phoenix Mining Company · Fall from machine

Employee cleaning windows of a coal pit truck, slipped and fell landing on his feet and injured his right foot.

July 7, 2006 KS · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Phoenix Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The Tipple operator was grinding on parts for the tipple when the grinding wheel he was using fell apart and hit the claimant in the right hand. The claimant was standing 20 feet away at the time.

June 15, 2006 KS · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Phoenix Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

No unusual conditions, employee instaling cutting edges on D-11 Dozer using 1" Drive Impact over head. He states it caused damage to his neck causing a pinched nerve and numbness. He also had extreme pain in his left arm & shoulder.

2005 · 1 incident

September 28, 2005 KS · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Phoenix Mining Company · Struck by flying object

WIND BLOWING HARD AND WORKING OVERHEAD ON A D-11 DOZER, BLEW FOREIGN OBJECT (STEEL PIECE) INTO RIGHT EYE.

2004 · 1 incident

July 15, 2004 KS · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Phoenix Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

AS THE INJURED DISMOUNTED FROM HIS EQUIPMENT, HE STEPPED ON A ROCK, TWISTING HIS LEG AND HE STRAINED HIS HIP.

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The full compliance file on Garland Mine

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.