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Day Mining Inc: 1 recorded fatality operator

Controlled by Chris Cline
MSHA operator ID: P23455

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
66
Mines on record
4
Years on record
1996–2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
98
citations
44
significant & substantial
$71,415
proposed penalties
$21,415
paid to date
30% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $50,000 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
76
inspections on record
1,761
inspection hours
5.6
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.
98 citations across 1,761 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.
$71K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
95 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $60K in penalties contested before the Commission, $10K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-06-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
46.3%
significant & substantial
7.4%
high negligence or reckless
46.3%
reasonably likely or greater
11.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.7% low, 77.9% moderate, 7.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Injury rate, 2001
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
9.66
total case rate
9.66
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 6.94 and the all-US-mining average was 5.26 cases per 100 workers.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2001 9.66 9.66 0.000
2000 17.40 11.07 0.000
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
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.

Last sampled: 2001-09-12, 24 years ago
88%
within 1.5 mg/m3
159
samples
3.53
dust max (mg/m3)
86 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 73 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR79
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)20
  • ROOF BOLTER (SINGLE HEAD)18

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2001-08-20, 25 years ago
5.5
silica avg (%)
11
samples
8.4
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR9
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

Noise
ⓘ The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.

Last sampled: 2001-08-16, 25 years ago
42%
over PEL
12
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • SCOOP CAR OPERATOR3
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)3
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR2
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this operator contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEVA20010066 Prevail Schroeder 2002 $60K → $10K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2001
6
2000
14 (1f)
1999
7
1998
23
1997
15
1996
1

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
February 18, 2000 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Day Mining Inc · Contact with electrical current

EMPLOYEE ENTERED SUBSTATION TO DETERMINE WHAT WORK WILL BE REQUIRED TO REMOVE THE TRANSFORMER. HE CLIMBED THE TRANSFORMER TO LOOK AT TOP WHEN HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH LINE.

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Where Day Mining Inc stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

MSHA's standard limits respirable silica to 50 micrograms per cubic metre, but MSHA publishes dust and quartz as separate files and never the silica figure itself. We derive it per sample, score it against the limit, and set the operator's injury rate against a benchmark built from the full MSHA operator record. With the 26-year penalty trail, contest posture, and fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.

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