Mining Incidents

Barrackville Refuse Pile Coal

Wilson & Wilson · Surface
Controlled by Esta Calvin Wilson
Barrackville, Marion County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609064

Barrackville Refuse Pile has $144 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2004
Latest incident
Sep 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
3
citations
2
significant & substantial
$144
proposed penalties
$144
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
6
inspections on record
236
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: 236 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Barrackville Refuse Pile has $144 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.
$144
proposed penalties
$144
current assessed
$144
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-12-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Barrackville Refuse Pile shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.03 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 1 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.
0.03
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.03
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-03-01.
Noise
0%
over PEL
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-03-01.
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
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 82 2 2 24390.2
2004 Q3 10 1 0 100000.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
September 24, 2004 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY
Wilson & Wilson · Struck against stationary object

OPERATOR WAS RUNNING D4H CAT DOZER AND WAS FOUND LAYING BETWEEN BLADE AND DOZER. INVESTIGATORS ARE NOT SURE AT THIS TIME THE CAUSE OF THIS ACCIDENT.

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