Mining Incidents

Administrative Services Auger #3: 8 MSHA citations Coal

Administrative Services Inc · Surface
Controlled by Earl Austin Scholl
Hernshaw, Logan County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609034

Administrative Services Auger #3 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
8
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,048
proposed penalties
$1,048
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
40
inspections on record
504
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: 504 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Administrative Services Auger #3 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-05-07.
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.
25.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
12.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 75.0% low, 25.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Administrative Services Auger #3 shows 100% of 19 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.

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: 2019-05-07, 7 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
19
samples
0.62
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
The excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
19 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • AUGER OPERATOR14
  • MECHANIC4
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER1

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: 2019-01-30, 7 years ago
0%
over PEL
11
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • AUGER OPERATOR7
  • MECHANIC2
  • AUGER HELPER1
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Health sampling trend
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 by year
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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2019 100% 3
2018 100% 1
2017 100% 3
2016 100% 4
2014 100% 2
2013 100% 1
2011 100% 1
2010 100% 1
2009 100% 1
2008 100% 2
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2019 0% 2
2017 0% 2
2016 0% 2
2013 0% 1
2011 0% 1
2010 0% 1
2009 0% 1
2008 0% 1
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Administrative Services Inc 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
2021 0
2020 0
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 1
2014 3
2013 2
2012 2 636
2011 3 22,647
2010 1 14,961
2009 2
2008 1
2007 1
2006 1
2005 0
2004 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Administrative Services Auger #3 sits in Logan County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.6% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Logan County, West Virginia · Population 31,826
6.6%
Mining share of county employment
$47,237
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 147 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 975 0 0 0.0
Show 60 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q2 823 3 1 3645.2
2019 Q1 1,403 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,148 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,220 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,184 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,221 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 760 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,178 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,210 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 980 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,116 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 905 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 580 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q2 180 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 866 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 216 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 789 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,055 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,534 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 891 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 544 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 680 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 592 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 260 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 6 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 70 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 804 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 545 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 980 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,040 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 770 1 1 1298.7
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 373 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 523 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 447 1 0 2237.1
2008 Q4 617 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 399 3 0 7518.8
2008 Q2 643 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 290 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 547 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 425 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 216 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 253 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 780 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 0 0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.