Mining Incidents

Kansas Mine Coal

Mays Mining, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Rodney Mays
Kansas, Walker County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103398

Kansas Mine has $50K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2010
Latest incident
Sep 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
55
citations
23
significant & substantial
$49,781
proposed penalties
$40,976
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8,805 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
34
inspections on record
831
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: 831 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Kansas Mine has $50K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 outstanding across 4 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.
$50K
proposed penalties
$41K
current assessed
$41K
paid to date
$100
outstanding
54 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-04-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Kansas Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.18 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 49 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.
0.18
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.11
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
49
samples
Most recent sample: 2021-06-24.
Silica (quartz)
8.9
silica avg (%)
8.9
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-03-09.
Noise
7%
over PEL
28
samples
Most recent sample: 2021-04-14.
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
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q1 4,211 1 0 237.5
2012 Q3 384 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 119 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,087 1 0 920.0
2011 Q3 15,013 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 19,959 7 7 350.7
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q1 19,165 3 1 156.5
2010 Q4 22,476 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 19,394 4 0 206.2
2010 Q2 17,216 10 7 580.9
2010 Q1 12,909 3 1 232.4
2009 Q4 11,952 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 10,790 5 1 463.4
2009 Q2 10,605 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
September 3, 2010 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
National Coal of Alabama, Inc · Struck against a moving object

Truck haulage accident involving two 100 ton rear dump trucks. It appears the victim did not observe the stopped truck and struck it in the rear.

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