Mining Incidents

Dana Mining Company of Pennsylvania LLC operator

MSHA operator ID: 0086904
Fatalities
2
Total incidents
296
Mines on record
3
Years on record
2008–2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
1,971
citations
522
significant & substantial
$2,880,824
proposed penalties
$1,889,344
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $991,480 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
719
inspections on record
43,283
inspection hours
4.6
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.
1,971 citations across 43,283 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$2.9M
proposed penalties
$1.9M
current assessed
$1.9M
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1,909 assessments are final orders; 120 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-03-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2018
3
2017
28
2016
25 (1f)
2015
17 (1f)
2014
18
2013
18
2012
20
2011
23
2010
42
2009
40
2008
62

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded
January 16, 2016 PA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Dana Mining Company of Pennsylvania LLC · Struck by falling object

A coal rib fell, striking the continuous miner operator, causing a fatal injury.

June 27, 2015 PA · Coal scoop tram operator, load/haul/dump operator Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Dana Mining Company of Pennsylvania LLC · Struck by falling object

When airlock door located at 63 to 64 break on 10 right #4 heading struck victim causing fatal injury. When the scoop car operator closed the set of airlock doors at the No.63.5 crosscut, the doors fell towards the scoop operator pinning him under the metal airlock door.

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