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: 571 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Rainbow Mine has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $647 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$647
outstanding
61 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-10-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Rainbow Mine shows 98% of 66 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2002-05-15, 24 years ago
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
66
samples
1.53
dust max (mg/m3)
21 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 45 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
Rainbow Mine recorded 19.29 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.
Injury rate, 2002
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
19.29
total case rate
7.71
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 6.89 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In Indiana, coal mining averaged 5.51 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2002 *
19.29
7.71
0.000
2001 *
9.99
6.66
0.000
2000 *
20.44
20.44
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2003
8
6,084
2002
26
85,215
2001
28
122,974
2000
29
135,400
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Rainbow Mine sits in Parke County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Parke County, Indiana · Population 16,346
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$66,776
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2003 Q1
3,840
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
12,580
1
0
79.5
2002 Q3
13,080
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
13,067
5
1
382.6
2002 Q1
13,120
1
0
76.2
2001 Q4
13,120
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
13,853
19
6
1371.5
2001 Q2
18,500
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2001 Q1
14,559
5
1
343.4
2000 Q4
14,162
18
8
1271.0
2000 Q3
14,793
2
0
135.2
2000 Q2
14,182
8
4
564.1
2000 Q1
15,579
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
20 on file
2002 · 6 incidents
September 16, 2002IN · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
EE WAS WASHING COMPANY DRILL, DM45, USING A HOT WATER HIGH PRESSURE DEVICE. HE DROPPED THE WAND TO RETRIEVE MORE HOSE WHEN THE WAND HIT THE GROUND. HOT PRESSURIZED WATER SPRAYED THE BACK OF HI S LEFT LEG AT THE ANKLE LEAVING HIM WITH SMALL TOPICAL BLISTERS. DRESSED WITH COMMON FIRST-AID SUPPLIES AND VOLUNTARILY RETURNED TO WORK.
TRYING TO MOVE 55 GALLON DRUM OF FUEL TO AN AREA IN WHICH HE COULD FUEL THE PUMP UP. HE WAS OPERATING IN MUD UP TO HIS KNEES AND THE DRUM SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS LEFT KNEE AND WRIST.
April 19, 2002IN · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techELECTRICAL
Mc Cawith Energy Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
WORKING ON A BATTERY & IT EXPLODED IN HIS FACE & GOT IN HIS EYES.
April 11, 2002IN · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF OF ONE OF THE CAT 777 AND HE TWISTED HIS KNEE AND POPPED IT OUT OF JOINT.
August 11, 2001IN · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mc Cawith Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE WAS CHANGING OIL ON THE ENGINE OF THE TEREX 4066. HE FAILED TO PUT UP HOOD SAFETY PROP, THE HOOD FELL DOWN ON HIS RIGHT FOREARM. HE LIFTED HOOD OFF HIS ARM, CALLED FOR HELP ON COMMUNICATION RADIO. CO-WORKER RESPONDED TO HELP HIM. SENT INJURED TO UNION HOSPITAL IN TERRE HAUTE WITH ANOTHER CO-WORKER.
July 28, 2001IN · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
HOT AT THE END OF SHIFT. EE WAS WORKING ON D11N FINAL DRIVE SEGMENTS, LEFT SIDE, CHANGING SEGMENTS, HE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER USING A PRYBAR TO PRY ON SEGMENT, BROKE FREE CAUSING TO JERK, HI TTING HIMSELF IN LIP, CUTTING LIP, NEED STITCHES