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.
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.
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.
MSHA sampling at Beckley No. 1 Mine shows 95% of 66 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: 2009-02-02, 17 years ago
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
66
samples
3.94
dust max (mg/m3)
27 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 39 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.
Beckley No. 1 Mine recorded 10.07 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.
Injury rate, 2008
ⓘ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.
10.07
total case rate
4.03
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 4.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 4.91 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.
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)
2010
0
2009
10
15,320
2008
41
320,648
2007
0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Beckley No. 1 Mine sits in Raleigh County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.0% 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.
Raleigh County, West Virginia · Population 73,666
4.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,055
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
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
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2008 Q3
30,560
16
6
523.6
2008 Q2
22,843
15
5
656.7
2008 Q1
19,387
20
7
1031.6
2007 Q4
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
9 on file
2009 · 1 incident
October 28, 2009WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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, 2008WV · Coalcontinuous miner operator, coal mole operatorMACHINERY
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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