Inverted horse back resulted in fatality. "A fatal roof fall occurred at D&R Coal, Inc. Mine No. 2. The victim was located at the pillar corner in the crosscut between the No 7 and No 8 entry on the 001 MMU, when he was struck by a piece of draw rock approx 6' long X 3' wide X 6-8" thick. Victim was pronounced dead at the scene by the assistant Knox County Coroner."
D & R COAL, INC. operator
Controlled by
Lloyd Cole; Larry Hubbard
MSHA operator ID: P24054
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
426
citations
156
significant & substantial
$94,044
proposed penalties
$81,827
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $12,217 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
150
inspections on record
4,900
inspection hours
8.7
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.426 citations across 4,900 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$94K
proposed penalties
$82K
current assessed
$82K
paid to date
$17
outstanding
420 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-05-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2011
1
2006
1 (1f)
2004
1
2000
1
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
1 recorded
October 6, 2006
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
D & R Coal, Inc. · Struck by falling object
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