Mining Incidents

No 7-D Coal

Dags Branch Coal Co Inc · Underground
Controlled by James L Griffith
Biggs, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519333

No 7-D has $34K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2009–2011
Latest incident
Sep 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
170
citations
61
significant & substantial
$33,878
proposed penalties
$32,987
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $891 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
27
inspections on record
1,941
inspection hours
8.8
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.
170 citations across 1,941 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No 7-D has $34K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$34K
proposed penalties
$33K
current assessed
$33K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
169 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-09-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No 7-D shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.65 mg/m3 (90% compliant) across 239 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.
0.65
dust avg (mg/m3)
5.52
dust max (mg/m3)
90%
within 1.5 mg/m3
239
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-09-15.
Silica (quartz)
5.3
silica avg (%)
8.2
silica max (%)
18
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-08-05.
Noise
0%
over PEL
20
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-08-02.
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
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q3 6,136 14 7 2281.6
2011 Q2 8,233 6 3 728.8
2011 Q1 8,380 25 10 2983.3
2010 Q4 8,963 19 8 2119.8
2010 Q3 6,905 21 7 3041.3
2010 Q2 7,663 19 6 2479.4
2010 Q1 6,844 4 2 584.5
Show 5 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q4 7,875 10 4 1269.8
2009 Q3 8,153 3 0 368.0
2009 Q2 7,481 13 4 1737.7
2009 Q1 7,259 19 4 2617.4
2008 Q4 3,233 17 6 5258.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2011 · 3 incidents

September 16, 2011 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Dags Branch Coal Co Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Scoop operator was scooping rock and know out a stopping and a piece of rock and a block hit right hand of operator.

July 18, 2011 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dags Branch Coal Co Inc · Struck by falling object

Bolting top rock fell striking him on Rt. Forearm, as he was drilling.

May 19, 2011 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Dags Branch Coal Co Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Bolting top got finger caught between drillpot and drill steel, mashed little finger and cut it.

2010 · 3 incidents

August 26, 2010 KY · Coal drill helper MACHINERY
Dags Branch Coal Co Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was taking drill steel apart when his right ring finger was mashed between 2 pieces of drill steel.

April 16, 2010 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dags Branch Coal Co Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall occurred in the #4 right crosscut into the #5 heading. The fall was approximately 25'long x 18'wide x 8' high. The roof fall did not affect workers,ventilation nor equipment. The fall also continued in the #5 heading on 4-22-10 appx. 10' in length x 18, wide x 8' high.

2009 · 2 incidents

August 24, 2009 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dags Branch Coal Co Inc · Struck by falling object

EE was crawling to get back on his scoop when a piece of draw rock fell & hit him on the neck & back.

May 28, 2009 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Dags Branch Coal Co Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE was operating a shuttle car, when he hit a small hole and it bounced him into the top of the canopy.

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The full compliance file on No 7-D

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