Mining Incidents

#2 Coal

Tree Top Energy Inc · Underground
Controlled by Daniel S Jordan
Iaeger, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4602490

#2 has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1998–2001
Latest incident
Dec 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
123
citations
51
significant & substantial
$9,142
proposed penalties
$3,376
paid to date
37% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,766 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
44
inspections on record
1,075
inspection hours
11.4
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.
123 citations across 1,075 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#2 has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 0 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$6K
outstanding
122 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-08-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at #2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.70 mg/m3 (89% compliant) across 139 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.
0.70
dust avg (mg/m3)
9.06
dust max (mg/m3)
89%
within 1.5 mg/m3
139
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-06-17.
Silica (quartz)
9.4
silica avg (%)
36.9
silica max (%)
15
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-05-23.
Noise
0%
over PEL
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-02-08.
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
2002 Q3 885 1 0 1129.9
2002 Q2 3,083 5 3 1621.8
2002 Q1 3,576 5 0 1398.2
2001 Q4 3,813 2 2 524.5
2001 Q3 2,820 1 0 354.6
2001 Q2 3,170 8 5 2523.7
2001 Q1 2,786 1 0 358.9
2000 Q4 3,185 6 0 1883.8
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q3 2,417 18 7 7447.2
2000 Q2 2,112 29 15 13731.1
2000 Q1 2,258 47 19 20814.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2001 · 1 incident

December 3, 2001 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Tree Top Energy Inc · Struck by falling object

PIECE OF ROCK FELL ONTO BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING MINER ON HIP.

1998 · 1 incident

December 4, 1998 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tree Top Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE INDICATED THAT WRENCH SLIPPED WHILE TIGHTENING ROOF BOLT UP AND HIT HIS HAND.

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The full compliance file on #2

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.