Mining Incidents

Mine #3 Coal

Panther Mining LLC · Underground
Cumberland, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518360

Mine #3 has $329K in proposed MSHA penalties and $208K outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2004–2006
Latest incident
Nov 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
640
citations
254
significant & substantial
$329,105
proposed penalties
$120,989
paid to date
37% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $208,116 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
56
inspections on record
3,284
inspection hours
19.5
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.
640 citations across 3,284 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mine #3 has $329K in proposed MSHA penalties and $208K outstanding across 5 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.
$329K
proposed penalties
$329K
current assessed
$121K
paid to date
$208K
outstanding
578 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-04-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine #3 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.60 mg/m3 (89% compliant) across 216 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)
3.98
dust max (mg/m3)
89%
within 1.5 mg/m3
216
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-12-05.
Silica (quartz)
7.0
silica avg (%)
13.8
silica max (%)
18
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-08-02.
Noise
14%
over PEL
36
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-05-03.
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
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 5 1
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 5,324 61 36 11457.6
2006 Q3 8,042 24 9 2984.3
2006 Q2 11,138 56 18 5027.8
Show 20 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q1 12,716 55 13 4325.3
2005 Q4 9,411 17 4 1806.4
2005 Q3 9,498 45 14 4737.8
2005 Q2 11,220 30 10 2673.8
2005 Q1 14,147 63 27 4453.2
2004 Q4 13,810 54 9 3910.2
2004 Q3 14,479 58 38 4005.8
2004 Q2 7,519 103 47 13698.6
2004 Q1 8,580 63 26 7342.7
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 6 2
2001 Q2 0 0 0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
December 30, 2005 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
H & D Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The victim was caught between 10SC shuttle car and an 818 Long Airdox ram car resulting in severe lower leg injuries and death.

Reportable incidents

7 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2006 · 2 incidents

November 15, 2006 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
H & D Mining Inc · Struck by powered moving object

Repairing a mantrip, it rolled and hit his left leg.

April 7, 2006 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
H & D Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

Loose rock fell and struck employee's back.

2005 · 4 incidents

September 23, 2005 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
H & D Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING ROOF BOLT MACHINE AND CUT RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

July 8, 2005 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
H & D Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

An unplanned roof fall occured in the #4 entry out by the working section. The fall measured approx 60ft long 7 ft height and 20' wide.

June 28, 2005 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
H & D Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

An unplanned roof fall occurred in the return air course inby survey station 433. The roof fall was above the anchorage of the 48 resin bolts being used and measured approx. 100-ft long and 90 ft. wide 2 intersection.

January 31, 2005 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
H & D Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Shuttle car rolled over his right leg.

2004 · 1 incident

November 3, 2004 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H & D Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Said he was loading bolt supplies and hurt lower back.

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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.