Albright Preparation Plant has $581 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
33
Years on record
1983–2000
Latest incident
Mar 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
7
citations
3
significant & substantial
$581
proposed penalties
$581
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 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: 439 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Albright Preparation Plant has $581 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.
$581
proposed penalties
$581
current assessed
$581
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-08-09.
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 Albright Preparation Plant shows 89% 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: 2006-08-09, 20 years ago
89%
within 1.5 mg/m3
19
samples
1.88
dust max (mg/m3)
13 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 6 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.
Albright Preparation Plant recorded 7.07 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.
Injury rate, 2000
ⓘ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.
7.07
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 7.74 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 8.87 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.
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
1
2008
2
2007
2
2006
2
2005
2
2004
2
2003
2
2002
2
2001
2
2000
19
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Albright Preparation Plant sits in Preston 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.
Preston County, West Virginia · Population 34,204
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$61,373
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
0
0
0
2009 Q3
128
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
128
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
244
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
82
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
103
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
98
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
103
0
0
0.0
Show 32 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2007 Q4
73
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
79
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
85
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
80
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
67
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
70
1
0
14285.7
2006 Q2
80
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
83
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
71
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
69
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
83
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
82
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
82
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
76
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
23
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
72
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
69
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
69
1
1
14492.8
2003 Q2
68
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
63
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
65
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
69
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
67
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
62
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
63
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
70
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
72
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
73
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
70
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
0
0
0
2000 Q2
8,239
1
1
121.4
2000 Q1
19,974
1
0
50.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
33 on file
2000 · 1 incident
March 8, 2000WV · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING WHEN A PIECE OF MOLTEN METAL WENT DOWN SHIRT SLEEVE BURNING LEFT ELBOW. GRADUALLY BECAME INFECTED REQUIRING DR ATTENTION ON4-20-96.
EMPL REMOVING COVER FROM DISK DRYER WHEN IT SLIOPPED IN THE COMEALONGS AND WENT SIDEWAYS CAUSING THE CORNER OF THE COVER TO STRIKE EMPL ON FOOT BEHIND HARD TOE SHOE SMASHING TOE.
1991 · 2 incidents
November 21, 1991WV · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON