Adrian Refuse Area/Adrian Prep Plant has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2007–2010
Latest incident
May 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
34
citations
8
significant & substantial
$8,103
proposed penalties
$1,260
paid to date
16% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,843 gap.
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: 562 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Adrian Refuse Area/Adrian Prep Plant has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$7K
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-10-14.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Adrian Refuse Area/Adrian Prep Plant shows 100% of 14 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: 2009-10-14, 16 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
14
samples
0.47
dust max (mg/m3)
14 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
CLEANING PLANT OPERATOR3
HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER3
REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE3
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.
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.
Adrian Refuse Area/Adrian Prep Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.
Injury rate, 2008
ⓘ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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 4.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 4.91 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
9.56
9.56
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2009
11
2008
18
2007
9
2006
0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Adrian Refuse Area/Adrian Prep Plant sits in Upshur County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.
Upshur County, West Virginia · Population 23,758
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$51,859
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
2009 Q4
4,392
7
3
1593.8
2009 Q3
2,341
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
2,080
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
6,951
1
0
143.9
2008 Q4
12,481
9
3
721.1
2008 Q3
11,519
13
2
1128.6
2008 Q2
7,199
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
2,240
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2007 Q4
3,428
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
10,196
1
0
98.1
2007 Q2
5,440
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
1,846
1
0
541.7
2006 Q4
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2010 · 1 incident
May 4, 2010WV · Coalminer, prospector, necMACHINERY
3 men entered the property w/o the knowledge of mine operator and attempted to remove a Cat 235 Excavator. They attached a chain to a hook on a D9H Cat dozer blade and applied pressure to the excavator. The weld on the hook on the D9H blade falied releasing the chain which struck one of the men in the neck killing him on the site.
2009 · 1 incident
January 27, 2009WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee removed steel plate from crusher. Plate dimensions 5" x 12" x 3/8. Employee turned to lay plate down, accidentally dropping plate on other employee's left forearm causing forearm contusion.
2007 · 1 incident
August 1, 2007WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee just finished installing a fire extinguisher bracket on a D8 Dozer. He slipped off the tracks and fell to the ground landing on his right wrist. The weather was warm and dry. The dozer tracks were dry.