Mining Incidents

Wallins Strip Coal

Controlled by Joseph T Bennett
Grays Knob, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518292

Wallins Strip has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2000–2003
Latest incident
Jan 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
62
citations
17
significant & substantial
$8,267
proposed penalties
$6,986
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,281 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
38
inspections on record
392
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: 392 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wallins Strip has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
62 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-07-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Wallins Strip shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.55 mg/m3 (98% compliant) across 63 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.
0.55
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.47
dust max (mg/m3)
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
63
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-09-30.
Silica (quartz)
7.5
silica avg (%)
22.0
silica max (%)
12
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-10-08.
Noise
0%
over PEL
16
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-06-04.
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
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
Show 34 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
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 0 0 0
2003 Q4 252 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 9,762 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 10,449 5 0 478.5
2002 Q4 9,473 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,151 9 2 2856.2
2002 Q2 6,039 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 5,583 11 1 1970.3
2001 Q4 3,233 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,412 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 6,538 13 7 1988.4
2001 Q1 5,869 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,990 21 7 7023.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2003 · 1 incident

January 25, 2003 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer

ON SAT 1-25-03 EE WAS HELPING TO INSTALL A STABLIZER ARM ON A DOZIER. THIS IS VERY HEAVY AND TAKES FOUR MEN. WHILE DOING THIS HEAVY LIFT IS WHEN THE INJURY OCCURED BUT EE DID NOT KNOW IT AT TH E TIME AFTER A PERIOD OF MISTREATMENT, MRI WAS DONE THAT SHOWED THE DISK PROTRUSION. HE HAS BEEN INT HE CAR OF DR SINCE THAT TIME.

2002 · 1 incident

May 7, 2002 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dixie Fuel Company, LLC · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS GETTING OFF END LOADER. WHILE COMING DOWN LADDER, HE SLIPPED & HIT HIS LEG AGAINST BATTERY BOX. INITIAL TREATMENT WAS FIRST AID. HE CAME TO WORK ON 5-8 WITH NO LOST TIME. WENT TO DR ON 5-13, POSSIBLE BLOOD CLOT, WAS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL.

2000 · 1 incident

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The full compliance file on Wallins 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.