Mining Incidents

West 61 Coal

LYNNVILLE, Warrick County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202407

West 61 has $192K in proposed MSHA penalties and $400 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
2010–2018
Latest incident
Jul 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
229
citations
49
significant & substantial
$192,156
proposed penalties
$153,465
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $38,691 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
37
inspections on record
2,140
inspection hours
10.7
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.
229 citations across 2,140 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

West 61 has $192K in proposed MSHA penalties and $400 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.
$192K
proposed penalties
$154K
current assessed
$153K
paid to date
$400
outstanding
226 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-08-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at West 61 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.19 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 157 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.
0.19
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.18
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
157
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-09-11.
Silica (quartz)
6.5
silica avg (%)
11.7
silica max (%)
12
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-01-30.
Noise
10%
over PEL
69
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-09-11.
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
2018 Q3 19,085 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 20,621 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 20,993 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 21,215 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 14,075 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 11,308 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 12,417 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 10,204 0 0 0.0
Show 32 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q3 11,874 1 0 84.2
2016 Q2 11,878 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 16,953 2 0 118.0
2015 Q4 29,760 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 47,675 1 0 21.0
2015 Q2 57,645 36 10 624.5
2015 Q1 60,361 7 3 116.0
2014 Q4 78,538 9 3 114.6
2014 Q3 65,012 19 4 292.3
2014 Q2 78,625 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 66,609 7 0 105.1
2013 Q4 75,845 6 4 79.1
2013 Q3 64,830 27 4 416.5
2013 Q2 74,496 10 4 134.2
2013 Q1 61,954 5 2 80.7
2012 Q4 72,363 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 59,948 29 3 483.8
2012 Q2 52,536 1 0 19.0
2012 Q1 48,929 13 2 265.7
2011 Q4 55,888 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 46,461 3 1 64.6
2011 Q2 46,903 7 1 149.2
2011 Q1 47,700 11 3 230.6
2010 Q4 48,094 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 42,088 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 47,663 7 1 146.9
2010 Q1 40,071 11 0 274.5
2009 Q4 39,201 8 3 204.1
2009 Q3 35,182 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 24,004 4 1 166.6
2009 Q1 21,994 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 7,876 5 0 634.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

2018 · 2 incidents

July 9, 2018 IN · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Minerals Company LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

On 7/9/2018 employee was pulling on a suction hose and hose was caught on something in the water resulting in a low back strain. First day missed was 7/16/2018.

May 23, 2018 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Minerals Company LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee strained shoulder while tightening hose on brake valve.

2015 · 2 incidents

December 1, 2015 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
United Minerals Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was exiting dozer using three points of contact. When stepping onto track, his knee "popped" causing knee injury.

August 27, 2015 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Minerals Company LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee was removing a section of piping on a chemical delivery system to repair a leak. As employee made an incision into the pipe, material sprayed from the piping onto the employee's face, neck and right shoulder. The piping was not relieved of pressure or drained prior to cutting

2014 · 3 incidents

December 31, 2014 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
United Minerals Company LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Miner was inspecting beltline when coal build up was noticed on a roller. Using a wrench to free the roller from debris his glove and finger were caught into roller and belt.

November 21, 2014 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Minerals Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While mounting a dozer the miner's knee collapsed.

2013 · 1 incident

December 12, 2013 IN · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
United Minerals Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While lifting track frame with overhead crane, the miner's finger was pinched by a roller on the track frame.

2012 · 2 incidents

May 14, 2012 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
United Minerals Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While driving a pin into equalizer bar with a hammer, a fragment of pin entered into right leg of miner.

March 12, 2012 IN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver ELECTRICAL
United Minerals Company LLC · Struck by flying object

The miner raised the bed of the truck he was operating under high voltage electric line creating an electrical arc from the line to the truck. The operator dismounted truck, while on the ground two right rear tires blew out send a projectile into right leg.

2010 · 2 incidents

July 27, 2010 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
United Minerals Company LLC · Struck by flying object

EE was striking track roller on D-11 dozer with a hammer when a fragment of steel splintered off and lodged in his left arm.

February 15, 2010 IN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
United Minerals Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Victim reached to remove gloves from heater when his hand came in contact with fan blades resulting in laceration of right ring finger.

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The full compliance file on West 61

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.