Mining Incidents

No 1 Coal

Diamond Star Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Donna L Johnson
Regina, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1511276

No 1 has $9K 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
4
Years on record
1993–2001
Latest incident
Feb 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
81
citations
44
significant & substantial
$9,064
proposed penalties
$9,064
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
550
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: 550 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No 1 has $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
81 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-05-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.61 mg/m3 (90% compliant) across 104 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.
0.61
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.96
dust max (mg/m3)
90%
within 1.5 mg/m3
104
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-04-30.
Silica (quartz)
8.1
silica avg (%)
10.1
silica max (%)
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-05-04.
Noise
9%
over PEL
11
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-04-13.
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
2001 Q2 5,353 8 5 1494.5
2001 Q1 17,214 11 7 639.0
2000 Q4 13,144 15 11 1141.2
2000 Q3 10,802 14 7 1296.1
2000 Q2 6,887 16 6 2323.2
2000 Q1 7,318 17 8 2323.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2001 · 1 incident

February 20, 2001 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Diamond Star Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE OUTSIDE MAKING A BELT SPLICE EMPLOYEE STRUCK SPLICE/NAIL WITH HAMMER, HAMMER BROKE AND A PIECE HIT EMPLOYEE AND WENT INTO FINGER, EMPLOYEE WRAPPED AND CONTINUED DUTIES.

1996 · 2 incidents

July 10, 1996 KY · Coal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Heritage Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS REPLACING MATT CHAIN ON MINER WHEN HE GOT FINGER MASHED BETWEEN SLATE BAR AND MINER.

1993 · 1 incident

October 26, 1993 KY · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Heritage Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

SCOOP OPERA TOR TO SUPPLIES TO PLACE & SAW ROCK & CAP COAL HANGING SAW A LOOSE CAP COAL & ROCK HANGING BENT OVER TO PICK UP A ROOF BOLT THAT WAS LAYING PLACE WHEN HE CAME UP IN PLACE WAS GOING TO PULL LOOSE MATERIAL WHEN IT FELL & INJURED HIM

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The full compliance file on No 1

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.