Mining Incidents

No. 21 Coal

Eagle Coal Company, Inc. · Underground
Controlled by James H Booth
Davella, Martin County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1515653

No. 21 has $953 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1987–2006
Latest incident
May 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
13
citations
4
significant & substantial
$953
proposed penalties
$953
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
6
inspections on record
272
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: 272 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. 21 has $953 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$953
proposed penalties
$953
current assessed
$953
paid to date
$0
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-07-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No. 21 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.30 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 25 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.
0.30
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.05
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
25
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-07-21.
Silica (quartz)
8.6
silica avg (%)
8.6
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-05-30.
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
2006 Q3 6,201 1 0 161.3
2006 Q2 9,708 5 1 515.0
2006 Q1 4,657 4 1 858.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2006 · 4 incidents

May 15, 2006 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Eagle Coal Company, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Walking in mine, slipped and fell because of mud. Twisted his right knee.

February 20, 2006 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Eagle Coal Company, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS TRAMMING ROOF BOLTER. WHILE WATCHING CABLE TAKE UP, HE HIT HIS HEAD ON RIB (STRAINED NECK).

February 11, 2006 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Eagle Coal Company, Inc. · Struck by falling object

EE was bolting roof. When he let canopy down a piece of draw rock fell scraping right side of face, shoulder and foot.

January 30, 2006 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eagle Coal Company, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Using knife to cut nylon rope on hanger. Holding hanger in one hand an cutting with the other and knife went in left hand cutting it. He recived 7 stiches. "no lost time"

1987 · 1 incident

February 26, 1987 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Thelma Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPL HAD WALKED3OVER TO THE ENTRY TO SPEAK TO LOADER OPER.WHILE WAITING HE WAS STRUCK BY SLAB OF ROOF.

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The full compliance file on No. 21

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.