Mining Incidents

Beckley No. 1 Mine Coal

Controlled by Metinvest B V
Odd, Raleigh County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4609229

Beckley No. 1 Mine has $15K 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
9
Years on record
2008–2009
Latest incident
Oct 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
69
citations
22
significant & substantial
$14,796
proposed penalties
$14,796
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
16
inspections on record
531
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: 531 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Beckley No. 1 Mine has $15K 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
68 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-08-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Beckley No. 1 Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.52 mg/m3 (95% compliant) across 66 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.
0.52
dust avg (mg/m3)
3.94
dust max (mg/m3)
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
66
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-02-02.
Silica (quartz)
11.4
silica avg (%)
22.3
silica max (%)
8
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-11-24.
Noise
0%
over PEL
9
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-12-04.
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
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 0 2 0
2009 Q2 2,200 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 15,200 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 26,469 6 2 226.7
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q3 30,560 17 7 556.3
2008 Q2 22,843 15 5 656.7
2008 Q1 19,387 29 8 1495.8
2007 Q4 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2009 · 1 incident

October 28, 2009 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pocahontas Coal Company LLC · Struck by rolling or sliding object

Mechanic was sorting steel beams in the maintenance yard and a piece of the steel slid down and caught his right foot. He worked until 11/6/09 when he was notified he had a fractured tarsal bone in his right foot.

2008 · 8 incidents

December 19, 2008 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pocahontas Coal Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a utility knife to cut open a splice in a shuttle car cable when the knife slipped and cut his middle and ring fingers of his left hand causing lacerations that required approximately 8 stitches to close.

October 10, 2008 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pocahontas Coal Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

While traveling airways a roof fall was identified in the old Mains Section at break #62 in the #1 entry near spad #358. The fall extended right handed into the crosscut and measured approx. 20'L X 25'W X 6'H. The area was supported with 5' torque tension and 12' supplemental supports. The area has been dangered off and timbers have been set.

July 29, 2008 WV · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pocahontas Coal Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Utility man was walking from parking lot to the supply yard storage trailer when he slipped on the gravel and twisted his left ankle. He continued to work until 8/7/08 when he was diagnosed with a fractured metatarsal bone in his left foot.

June 14, 2008 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pocahontas Coal Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

On Saturday, June 14th at approx. 2:30p.m., a roof fall was identified on the old Mains Section in the #4 entry intersection near spad #364. The area measured 20'L X 20'W X 8'H. The area was supported with 5' torque tension bolts and supplemental 8' and 10' cable bolts. The area was mined approx. 6/12/08. The area has been dangered off and timbers have been set.

June 4, 2008 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pocahontas Coal Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall occurred on the Mains Section at break #59 near spad #346 in the intersection of #6 entry. The fall was approx. 25'L X 40'W X 10'H. The area was supported with 4' resin supplemental supports were added including 5' torque tension and 8' cable bolts. The area was mined approx. 5/31/08. The area has been dangered off and timbers have been set.

May 22, 2008 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Pocahontas Coal Company LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was working in the belt entry on the mains section putting up a string to mark belt hangers when he stepped on a rock and twisted is right ankle. This resulted in a fracture to his 5th metatarsal of his right foot. A split was applied and the employee has continued to work. This is to report medical treatment only.

April 14, 2008 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pocahontas Coal Company LLC · Struck by flying object

Employee was removing a welder ground clamp from a piece of metal by pulling on the cable. The cable caught on a piece of fence and the employee jerked on the cable. The cable came lose and the clamp flew up and struck his nose lacerating it. This required (5) sutures. This is to report medical treatment only.

January 12, 2008 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Pocahontas Coal Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While backing up the continuous miner after cleaning up some rock in the No. 1 entry the miner operator caught his right leg between the cable standoff and the rib. The operator sustained a fracture to his right femur.

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The full compliance file on Beckley No. 1 Mine

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.