Alloy Prep Plant #1 has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
19
Years on record
1990–2008
Latest incident
Mar 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
72
citations
41
significant & substantial
$18,740
proposed penalties
$9,019
paid to date
48% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $9,721 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.
72 citations across 1,099 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Alloy Prep Plant #1 has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K outstanding across 4 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$10K
outstanding
71 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-06-07.
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.
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.
4citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 75%
Stood as issued
1 · 25%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $2K 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 2010-08-02.
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 Alloy Prep Plant #1 shows 98% of 62 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: 2009-02-06, 17 years ago
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
62
samples
1.74
dust max (mg/m3)
56 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 6 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER16
BULLDOZER OPERATOR12
BELT MAN/CONVEYOR MAN11
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.
Alloy Prep Plant #1 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2009.
Injury rate, 2009
ⓘ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 4.16 and the all-US-mining average was 3.36 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 4.29 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
2009 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
5.91
5.91
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
4.19
0.00
0.000
2000 *
0.00
0.00
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
2015
0
2014
0
2013
0
2012
1
2011
2
2010
1
2009
19
2008
29
2007
27
2006
17
2005
13
2004
8
2003
1
2002
18
2001
18
2000
12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Alloy Prep Plant #1 sits in Fayette County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.0% 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.
Fayette County, West Virginia · Population 39,987
3.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,672
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
2015 Q3
0
0
0
2015 Q2
0
0
0
2015 Q1
0
0
0
2014 Q4
0
0
0
2014 Q3
0
0
0
2014 Q2
0
0
0
2014 Q1
0
0
0
2013 Q4
0
0
0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2013 Q3
0
0
0
2013 Q2
0
0
0
2013 Q1
0
0
0
2012 Q4
0
0
0
2012 Q3
1,374
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
838
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
0
0
0
2011 Q4
0
0
0
2011 Q3
2,908
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
624
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
769
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
1,710
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
0
0
0
2010 Q2
0
3
1
2010 Q1
114
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
36
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
5,750
2
0
347.8
2009 Q2
12,810
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
17,627
2
1
113.5
2008 Q4
20,063
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
15,015
3
3
199.8
2008 Q2
16,549
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
14,606
4
1
273.9
2007 Q4
16,554
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
13,543
11
6
812.2
2007 Q2
15,304
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
15,409
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
13,699
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
10,228
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
10,255
6
1
585.1
2006 Q1
8,665
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
9,161
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
9,075
1
0
110.2
2005 Q2
8,070
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
7,536
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
7,467
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
7,783
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
4,121
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
0
0
0
2003 Q4
320
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
720
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
720
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
1,380
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
10,859
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
10,952
1
1
91.3
2002 Q2
11,409
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
12,808
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
10,434
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
10,291
2
1
194.3
2001 Q2
12,636
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
14,351
1
1
69.7
2000 Q4
9,073
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
7,515
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
7,953
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
2,165
0
0
0.0
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
March 12, 2008WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techFatality · MACHINERY
Victim was removing a machine bottom guard (belly pan) on a Caterpillar D-10 N dozer. Apparently the chain he was using to hold the belly pan while he was removing the bolts that held it in place slipped when the bolts were removed. The belly pan swung down and struck the victim inflicting fatal injuries
Reportable incidents
18 on file (excluding fatalities above)
2005 · 2 incidents
October 29, 2005WV · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
VICTIM WAS ASSISTING WITH INSTALLATION OF NEW BEARINGS ON CRUSHER ROLLS. ONE BEARING HAD BEEN INSTALLED, MAKING PREPARATIONS FOR SECOND. REACHED UNDER THE SHAFT TO REMOVE SOME DEBRIS, WELD ON THE EYE HOLDING THE ROLL BROKE, FELL ON HIS RIGHT HAND. SURGERY PERFORMED ON HIS RIGHT HAND. THE 1ST AND 2ND FINGERS AMPUTATED TO THE KNUCKLE, 3RD AMPUTATED TO THE SECOND JOINT.
May 18, 2005WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
HAULING SHOT ROCK TO FORMER SLIP AREA, WHILE DUMPING A ROCK GOT CAUGHT IN TAILGATE OF TRUCK MAKING LOAD UNBALANCED AND THE TRUCK TURNED OVER ON IT'S SIDE. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND DRIVER OF TRUCK RETURNED TO WORK. NO WORK TIME MISSED. DRIVER TO WATCH AREA OF DUMPING AND LOADER NOT TO OVER LOAD AND TO WATCH LOADS.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN A CONFINED AREA AND HIS HARD HAT CAME OFF. WHEN HE REPLACED HIS HAT. MATERIAL CAME OUT OF THE HAT AND WENT IN BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES LODGING IN HIS EYE. HE CONTINUED TO WORK BUT HAD TO GO TO THE DOCTOR.
THIS EMPLOYEE NOTIFIED MGMT BY A PAGE PHONE THAT HE WAS SICK AND NEEDED HELP. MGMT THOUGHT HE WAS SICK AND WAS SENT TO A MEDICAL FACILITY. HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING TRAUMA TO HIS HEAD & NECK. MGMT COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT IF ANYTHING HAPPENED. ON 2-23-95 HE REMEMBERED THAT HE WAS STRUCK WITH A SLATE BAR WHILE PERFORMING WORK NEAR A BELT ROLLER MGMT IS REPORTING THIS EVENT AS AN
1994 · 3 incidents
October 28, 1994WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
ON 9-8-94 A DR DETERMINED THAT THE INDIVIDUAL HAS DETERIORATING DISC DISEASE. THIS CONDITION IS ARESUTL OF THE REPETITIOUS JARRING ASSOICATEED WITH OEPRATING A HAULER.
WHILE CLIMBING DOWN A SET OF STEPS THE VICTIM SLIPPED FELL & STRUCK THE RT LUMBAR AREA OF THE BACK CAUSING A STRAIN & CONTUSION TO THAT AREA VICTIM STRUCK A STEP WHEN HE FELL
EE WAS REMOVING SCRAPS WIRE FROM PARTS TRAILER SLIPPED WHEN WIRE COME LEASE FROM UNDER ELETRIC MOTOR CAUSING HIM TO FALL COMPLAINED OF LOWER BACK PAIN.
February 19, 1993WV · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
DRIVER GOT TOO CLOSE TO DITCH AND TRCUK TIPPED OVER.DRIVER DID NOT GET HURT IN ACCIDENT WHEN HE TRIED TO GET DOWN OFF VEHICLE AFTERWARDS HE SLIPPED AND FELL BREAKING HIS LEG.
1990 · 1 incident
December 7, 1990WV · Coalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON