Mining Incidents

Wayland Surface Coal

Controlled by Bobby Ray Elswick
Wayland, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519402

Wayland Surface has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $14K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2012
Latest incident
Nov 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
85
citations
27
significant & substantial
$26,399
proposed penalties
$7,986
paid to date
30% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $18,413 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
42
inspections on record
905
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: 905 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wayland Surface has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $14K outstanding across 3 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.
$26K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$14K
outstanding
82 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-07-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Wayland Surface shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.10 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 39 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.
0.10
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.38
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
39
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-03-07.
Silica (quartz)
3.0
silica avg (%)
3.0
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-08-06.
Noise
0%
over PEL
29
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-03-07.
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
2019 Q2 5,488 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 5,460 8 2 1465.2
2018 Q4 2,880 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,900 13 5 3333.3
2018 Q2 1,648 3 2 1820.4
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
Show 32 earlier quarters
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 520 2 0 3846.2
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 495 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,694 4 1 2361.3
2014 Q2 1,560 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 256 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 481 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,886 3 0 1590.7
2013 Q1 3,030 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 10 2 0 200000.0
2012 Q3 777 3 0 3861.0
2012 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 717 1 1 1394.7
2011 Q4 900 15 4 16666.7
2011 Q3 312 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 50 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 13 3
2010 Q3 5,760 6 3 1041.7
2010 Q2 960 1 1 1041.7
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 2,400 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,231 10 5 4482.3
2009 Q2 478 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2012 · 1 incident

November 9, 2012 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Landfall Mining, Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Repairing hydraulic hose on 988 Loader, punctured right thumb, oil entered wound cleaned and bandaged wound. Finished shift on Fri. Sat. evening went to ER due to redness, swelling and pain. Referred to UK hospital for surgery to clean wound.

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