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Unique Mining Inc: 1 recorded fatality operator

Controlled by J Maurice Des Rosier
MSHA operator ID: P23990

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
22
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1998–1999
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
3
inspections on record
176
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: 176 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
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: 2000-01-11, 26 years ago
67%
within 1.5 mg/m3
6
samples
1.83
dust max (mg/m3)
0 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 6 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR5
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

1999
14
1998
8 (1f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
August 8, 1998 WV · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Unique Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL & CAUGHT LEFT SIDE OF HIP AND CRUSHED PELVIS.

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Where Unique 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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