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: 448 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Airport Strip has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-02-18.
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.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 100%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $0 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2008-09-29.
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 mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at Airport Strip shows 95% of 39 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: 2009-02-18, 17 years ago
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
39
samples
3.03
dust max (mg/m3)
32 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 7 by the operator.
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.
Airport Strip recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.
Injury rate, 2007
ⓘ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 4.71 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 5.00 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
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
4.12
2.06
0.000
2005 *
8.01
5.34
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
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2009
8
32,002
2008
30
116,290
2007
29
78,297
2006
50
417,816
2005
27
213,029
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Airport Strip sits in Brooke County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.5% 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.
Brooke County, West Virginia · Population 22,053
1.5%
Mining share of county employment
$52,116
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
243
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
1,065
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
1,361
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
4,276
2
1
467.7
2008 Q4
6,644
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
6,265
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
3,399
1
0
294.2
2008 Q1
2,089
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2007 Q4
6,563
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
3,124
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
16,270
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
16,004
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
18,577
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
19,843
1
1
50.4
2006 Q2
26,789
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
31,800
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
29,114
6
5
206.1
2005 Q3
20,114
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
19,861
6
3
302.1
2005 Q1
5,832
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
2008 · 1 incident
June 26, 2008WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techDISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Hot, Hazy, Humid, over 90 degrees, for 3rd day in a row. Employee was overcome with dizziness, nausea, profuse sweating while working on installing auger cab.
ee was getting down off loader, his foot slipped on top platform which he had only his left hand on handrail.Couldn't get right hand on guard rail in time. The fall while holding onto the handrail with one hand caused him to swing into platform hitting rib cage against platform. He then lost grip and fell to the ground.
2005 · 3 incidents
July 5, 2005WV · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee had just finished fueling up equipment and while getting down from the fuel tank he slipped and hit his knee on the top step. The area was muddy where he was working.
May 17, 2005WV · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Mining, Inc, · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE was shutting the door on his rocktruck and shut it on his left hand, the end of this ring finger.
February 8, 2005WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A BEARING & WHEN HE WAS SWINGING THE SLEDGE HAMMER, IT CAUGHT ON HIS UPPER LEG CAUSING THE HAMMER TO MISS THE BEARING & HIT HIS LT. HAND. HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL & IT WAS DETERMINED THAT NOTHING WAS BROKEN BUT THE HAND DID HURT & WAS BRUISED & SWOLLEN.