Mining Incidents

Rice #2 (Strip) Coal

Quaker City, Noble County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3303770

Rice #2 (Strip) has $2K 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
6
Years on record
1984–2012
Latest incident
Apr 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
11
citations
6
significant & substantial
$2,313
proposed penalties
$2,313
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
24
inspections on record
665
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: 665 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Rice #2 (Strip) has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-09-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Rice #2 (Strip) shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.11 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 60 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.
0.11
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.75
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
60
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-01-28.
Noise
0%
over PEL
45
samples
Most recent sample: 2013-09-25.
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
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
Show 39 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 276 2 1 7246.4
2013 Q2 1,655 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 12,388 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 19,184 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 20,488 1 1 48.8
2012 Q2 17,108 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 16,520 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 15,369 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 16,061 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 16,912 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 15,719 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 16,208 1 0 61.7
2010 Q3 16,637 1 1 60.1
2010 Q2 16,687 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 14,574 1 0 68.6
2009 Q4 14,350 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 14,410 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 14,989 2 2 133.4
2009 Q1 16,778 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 15,485 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 13,748 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 15,106 1 0 66.2
2008 Q1 14,651 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 13,582 2 1 147.3
2007 Q3 12,562 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 11,226 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 10,093 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 9,354 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 9,360 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 6,804 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,575 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 150 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2012 · 1 incident

April 18, 2012 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oxford Mining Co LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was trying to remove a Stop Sign that they thought was loose enough to do by hand, it was not. He strained his back.

2009 · 1 incident

December 17, 2009 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Oxford Mining Co LLC · Fall onto or against objects

EE was cleaning the tracks on his cat hoe, when he stepped on a rock and fell, landing on a rock. He cracked a rib.

1989 · 2 incidents

May 2, 1989 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
R & F Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MIKE WAS LOADING END DUMPS WITH THE L-800 LOADER. THE HOIST LEVER WAS DIFFICULT TO MOVE AND REQUIRED MORE PRESSURE TO ACTIVATE THE CONTROLS. MIKE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE SHOULDER PAIN AS HE CONT INUED TO OPERATE THE MACHINE. SAW A CHIROPRACTOR. INCIDENT REPORTED LATE.

March 23, 1989 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R & F Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I,NAME WAS CHANGING CUTTING EDGES ON A D9H. AS HE BENT OVER AND LIFTED THE CUTTING EDGE TO LOAD IT ONTO THE BUMPER OF HIS TRUCK, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. SAW A CHIROPRACTOR.

1984 · 2 incidents

July 3, 1984 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R & F Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS INSTALLING THE LEFT FRONT IDLER ON THE DOZER. IN THE PROCESS OF MANUEVERING THE IDLER HE BUMPED HIS RIGHT ELBOW AGAINST THE CHROME SHAFT OF THE HYDRAULIC JACK. THIS BRUISE TO HIS ELBOW CAUSED A GOLF BALL SIZE KNOT TO DEVELOP. ENTIRE ELBOW AREA WAS SWOLLEN. SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY 7/6/84

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The full compliance file on Rice #2 (Strip)

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.