Mining Incidents

No. 1 Wallins Coal

K & D Mining · Underground
Closplint, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518562

No. 1 Wallins has $120K in proposed MSHA penalties and $96K outstanding across 20 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2005–2009
Latest incident
Oct 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
486
citations
118
significant & substantial
$120,414
proposed penalties
$21,557
paid to date
18% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $98,857 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
67
inspections on record
3,435
inspection hours
14.1
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.
486 citations across 3,435 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No. 1 Wallins has $120K in proposed MSHA penalties and $96K outstanding across 20 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.
$120K
proposed penalties
$118K
current assessed
$22K
paid to date
$96K
outstanding
465 assessments are final orders; 20 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-01-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No. 1 Wallins shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.47 mg/m3 (96% compliant) across 393 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.
0.47
dust avg (mg/m3)
4.77
dust max (mg/m3)
96%
within 1.5 mg/m3
393
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-01-22.
Silica (quartz)
5.8
silica avg (%)
12.4
silica max (%)
28
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-01-22.
Noise
0%
over PEL
53
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-11-12.
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
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 11,087 20 3 1803.9
2009 Q4 18,516 30 6 1620.2
2009 Q3 18,174 39 10 2145.9
2009 Q2 20,160 19 5 942.5
2009 Q1 20,511 68 19 3315.3
Show 23 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q4 19,668 37 3 1881.2
2008 Q3 12,745 26 10 2040.0
2008 Q2 3,250 18 5 5538.5
2008 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 1,598 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 12,413 7 2 563.9
2007 Q1 12,729 25 3 1964.0
2006 Q4 13,763 21 5 1525.8
2006 Q3 13,776 16 6 1161.4
2006 Q2 11,962 5 1 418.0
2006 Q1 12,922 8 2 619.1
2005 Q4 13,325 3 0 225.1
2005 Q3 13,398 7 2 522.5
2005 Q2 14,296 26 11 1818.7
2005 Q1 14,058 20 9 1422.7
2004 Q4 12,813 11 3 858.5
2004 Q3 11,882 13 1 1094.1
2004 Q2 11,442 15 0 1311.0
2004 Q1 9,449 13 6 1375.8
2003 Q4 7,279 14 3 1923.3
2003 Q3 5,557 23 2 4138.9
2003 Q2 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2009 · 2 incidents

October 24, 2009 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
K & D Mining · Struck by flying object

Tire blew out on shuttle car he was operating.

August 11, 2009 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
K & D Mining · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Lifting belt structure, strained back

2006 · 1 incident

January 25, 2006 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Rex Coal Co. Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Ee pinched his finger between the drill steel and chuck on a roof bolter.

2005 · 1 incident

June 13, 2005 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Rex Coal Co. Inc. · Struck against stationary object

A RD-800 MACK TRUCK LOADED AT THE W-1 MINE PIT & WAS GOING OFF THE HAUL ROAD WHEN DRIVESHAFT CAME OUT & THE DRIVER TRIED TO RIDE IT OUT. THE DRIVER JUMPED FROM THE TRUCK WHICH LEAD TO HIM HAVING A SERIOUS HEAD INJURY.

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The full compliance file on No. 1 Wallins

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.