Mining Incidents

Strip #1 Coal

Valley Mining, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Mary J Brown
West Lafayette, Coshocton County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3303792

MSHA sampling at Strip #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.11 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 12 samples, plus the mine's fatality, citation, and penalty record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1984–2000
Latest incident
May 2000
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
13
inspections on record
160
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: 160 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Strip #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.11 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 12 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)
0.43
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
12
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-05-10.
Noise
17%
over PEL
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-05-09.
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
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 116 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 866 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
Show 18 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 2,580 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 752 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 19 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 26 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,032 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,988 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,187 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2000 · 2 incidents

May 1, 2000 OH · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Valley Mining, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING UP ON THE CARRIAGE WHEN HEJAMMED HIS HEAD INTO THE ROCK GUARD; THIS JAMMEDHIS HEAD INTO HIS NECK AND SPINE. HE WORKED THEREST OF THE DAY AND WENT TO THE DOCTOR THE NEXT DAY.

March 29, 2000 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Valley Mining, Inc. · Fall from machine

MECHANIC WAS LEANING ON A S FT PINCH BAR TO LINE UP CAB SUPPORT ON A CAT D9H DOZER. THE BAR SLIPPED AND MECHANIC FELL TO GROUND LANDING ON HIS RIGHT ARM AND SHOULDER.

1998 · 1 incident

1993 · 1 incident

July 8, 1993 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Valley Mining, Inc. · Struck by flying object

CONTRACTED MECHANIC WAS REPAIRING A TRACK ON A DOZER WHEN THE GRINDING WHEEL CAME APART AND THE WHEEL HIT HIS RIGHT LEG APPROX. 2" BELOW THE KNEE CAUSING A CUT WHICH REQUIRED 2-3 STICHES.

1991 · 1 incident

June 6, 1991 OH · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor MACHINERY
Valley Mining, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING AUGER FLIGHTS FROM A DRILLED HOLE WHEN THE PULLING ROD JERKED OUT OF HIS HAND & HIT HIM HIS RT LEG WORKED FOR 4 DAYS AFTER ACCIDENT UNTIL THE PAIN & SWELLING GREW TO BE T OO MUCH & THEN HE WENT TO GET IT XX

1989 · 1 incident

February 28, 1989 OH · Coal auger helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Valley Mining, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS USING A HAMMER TO REPAIR THE PAN ON THE AUGER MACHINE WHEN THE HAMMER SLIPPED AND HE HIT HIS FINGER ON THE MACHINE.

1987 · 2 incidents

September 16, 1987 OH · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Mining, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR WAS SP9EADING TOP SOIL WITH TS-24 PAN WHEN BACK END SLID DOWN THE HILL CAUSING PAN TO ROLL OVER 3 TIMES BEFORE COMING TO REST AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL. THE PAN SUSTAINED APPROX. $20, 000 OF DAMAGE W2ILE THE OPERATOR SUSTAINED MINOR INJURY CONSIDERING THE SERIOUSMNESS OF THE ACCIDENT.

July 1, 1987 OH · Coal auger helper ELECTRICAL
Valley Mining, Inc. · Contact with electrical current

A WIRE FROM THE3BATTERY TO THE CB HAD SHORTED AND BEGAN TO SMOKE WHEN I NAME GRABBED IT WITH HIS BARE HAND. THE WIRE WAS HOT AND BURNED HIS 2 FINGERS NEXT TO THE INDEX FINGER LIGHTLY, BUT THE INDEX FINGER WA8 BURNT TO THE BONE

1984 · 2 incidents

March 30, 1984 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Valley Mining, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS CLEANING OUT TRACKS - WHILE SHOVELING WITH TRACK SPADE HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK / NO FALLING - SLIPPING OR T RIPPING OCCURRED

March 22, 1984 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Mining, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WHILE PULLING A 3 IN WATER PUMP STRAINED LIGAMENTS IN LOWER BACK

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The full compliance file on Strip #1

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.