Barrackville Refuse Pile has $5K 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
8
Years on record
2013–2026
Latest incident
May 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
38
citations
8
significant & substantial
$5,424
proposed penalties
$5,424
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.
38 citations across 1,952 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Barrackville Refuse Pile has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
38 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $112 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-11-12.
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 · 3% of citations on record
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 100%
0%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$112 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 2010-05-05.
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 Barrackville Refuse Pile shows 100% of 297 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: 2026-06-16
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
297
samples
1.12
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
ⓘThe excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
231 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 66 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.
Barrackville Refuse Pile recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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 3.19 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 3.89 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
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
9.09
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2015 *
8.84
0.00
0.000
2014 *
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
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2026
12
67,757
2025
14
92,994
2024
14
166,506
2023
14
176,743
2022
9
196,148
2021
11
186,956
2020
12
170,267
2019
6
234,302
2018
6
156,474
2017
6
109,854
2016
6
50,126
2015
8
125,617
2014
8
124,824
2013
8
195,099
2012
6
38,328
2011
6
19,288
2010
9
2009
10
7,172
2008
9
25,570
2007
6
50,148
2006
6
47,932
2005
6
57,003
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Barrackville Refuse Pile sits in Marion County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.9% 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.
Marion County, West Virginia · Population 56,042
3.9%
Mining share of county employment
$67,537
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
2026 Q2
6,181
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
5,806
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
6,339
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
7,805
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
6,807
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
7,260
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
7,262
1
0
137.7
2024 Q3
8,316
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
9,027
1
1
110.8
2024 Q1
8,989
3
1
333.7
2023 Q4
8,776
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
8,037
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
5,262
1
0
190.0
2023 Q1
6,589
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
5,933
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
5,982
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
5,027
1
0
198.9
2022 Q1
4,743
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
5,265
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
5,512
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
5,652
1
1
176.9
2021 Q1
5,568
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
6,173
1
0
162.0
2020 Q3
7,204
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
5,642
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
6,640
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
6,750
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
1,758
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
6,943
1
1
144.0
2019 Q1
1,514
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
838
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
737
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
5,755
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
5,765
1
0
173.5
2017 Q4
4,229
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
4,553
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
5,052
1
0
197.9
2017 Q1
4,337
1
0
230.6
2016 Q4
3,599
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
4,057
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
3,794
1
0
263.6
2016 Q1
5,309
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
5,074
2
1
394.2
2015 Q3
6,078
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
6,430
1
0
155.5
2015 Q1
5,049
1
1
198.1
2014 Q4
4,760
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
5,937
2
0
336.9
2014 Q2
4,036
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
6,598
1
0
151.6
2013 Q4
5,407
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
6,014
1
0
166.3
2013 Q2
6,275
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
6,054
5
0
825.9
2012 Q4
4,595
1
1
217.6
2012 Q3
4,576
1
0
218.5
2012 Q2
3,691
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
3,254
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
3,623
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
3,127
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
4,099
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
3,485
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
2,046
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
4,566
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
4,905
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
4,830
1
0
207.0
2009 Q4
4,758
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
5,337
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
6,224
2
0
321.3
2009 Q1
6,259
1
0
159.8
2008 Q4
7,081
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
6,683
1
0
149.6
2008 Q2
2,033
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
6,080
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
3,391
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
3,330
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
3,697
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
3,442
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
1,050
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
636
1
0
1572.3
2006 Q2
881
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
343
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
719
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
940
1
0
1063.8
2005 Q2
798
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
8 on file
2026 · 2 incidents
May 27, 2026WV · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Operator was dismounting D-6 dozer when EE's foot slipped from the blade arm due to wet and muddy conditions causing EE to hit EE's left knee on the arm. Operator had just returned to work from a double knee replacement and the impact on the knee caused the incision/scar area to reopen.
Operator was having an overheating issue with the equipment. They shut down the machine to investigate. They opened the coolant reservoir which had somehow been pressurized. As a result, the hot coolant burned the left arm of the operator. The extent of damage is limited to their left arm.
2021 · 2 incidents
July 6, 2021WV · Coalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE tried to start the pump located in the rear compartment on the passenger side of the fuel truck and hit the back of EE's hand on a bolt on the mud flap located beside EE cutting hand. The cut EE received from this bolt required 10 stitches in the right hand.
Employee was doing a pre-shift inspection on 290 Volvo excavator. While standing on machine tracks, slipped and fell to uneven ground. Tracks are 30" high.
2018 · 1 incident
August 3, 2018WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
The employee raised the hood to check the oil. After checking the oil ee lowered the hood and climbed into the cab to fill out a pre-shift report on the excavator when ee noticed that elbow was swollen. EE then stood up to exit the cab and saw in the mirror on the cab that eye was blood shot also.
Driver stated was driving and hit a hole in the haul road causing EE to jam left knee into window crank. Felt slight pain but continued to work through 2/6/16. Was off work on 2/8/16 but did not report it as work related till 2/13/16.
2015 · 1 incident
September 30, 2015WV · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was fueling up the fuel truck at the beginning of the shift. He slipped and fell catching himself with his right arm. The injury was to his right shoulder. He had a previous injury to this shoulder and had surgery on it less than a year ago.
Operator was running a Volvo 330 Backhoe when MHST inspector arrived. he had operator stop his equipment to inspect. After inspection operator started hoe back up. Foreman was driving into the pit when he saw engine on fire. Tried to put out with 3 fire ext. called 911 & 800 for MSHA. Fire dept put out fire. Engine was totalled.