Mining Incidents

BAM VA Auger Coal

Controlled by David D Bundy
Summersville, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 3609198

BAM VA Auger has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2004
16
citations
6
significant & substantial
$3,787
proposed penalties
$3,787
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
39
inspections on record
505
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: 505 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BAM VA Auger has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-11-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at BAM VA Auger shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.22 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 52 samples.

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.
0.22
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.36
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
52
samples
Most recent sample: 2022-01-05.
Silica (quartz)
1.9
silica avg (%)
3.0
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-11-25.
Noise
12%
over PEL
34
samples
Most recent sample: 2022-01-05.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 709 0 0 0.0
Show 60 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 538 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 96 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 600 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 140 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 720 1 0 1388.9
2015 Q3 720 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 400 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,440 1 0 694.4
2014 Q3 720 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,440 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,440 2 2 1388.9
2013 Q1 1,440 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,200 1 0 833.3
2012 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,880 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,800 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,800 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,800 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,800 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 720 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,440 2 0 1388.9
2009 Q1 1,800 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,800 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,000 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,800 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,440 5 2 3472.2
2007 Q1 900 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 900 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,800 1 1 555.6
2006 Q2 1,800 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,800 1 0 555.6
2005 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,000 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,800 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,200 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 600 1 0 1666.7
2004 Q3 1,800 0 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.

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The full compliance file on BAM VA Auger

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.