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.
694 citations across 9,505 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Bergholz 7 has $213K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 41 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.
$213K
proposed penalties
$179K
current assessed
$179K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
685 assessments are final orders; 41 contested dockets.
Of $98K in penalties contested before the Commission, $63K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-11-05.
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.
157citations taken to the federal commission · 23% of citations on record
Settled
132 · 84%
Stood as issued
25 · 16%
79%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 101 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
35%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$98K proposed, $63K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2015-08-13.
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 Bergholz 7 shows 86% of 580 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: 2018-11-05, 7 years ago
86%
within 1.5 mg/m3
580
samples
4.87
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.
280 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 300 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.
Bergholz 7 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2016.
Injury rate, 2016
ⓘ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 3.79 and the all-US-mining average was 2.59 cases per 100 workers.
In Ohio, coal mining averaged 2.23 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
2016 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2015 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2014 *
12.90
12.90
0.000
2013 *
2.80
0.00
0.000
2012 *
8.62
2.87
0.000
2011
0.00
0.00
0.000
2010
3.78
3.78
0.000
2009
2.44
1.22
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)
2019
3
2018
3
2017
7
1,392
2016
13
92,519
2015
25
184,562
2014
34
339,203
2013
35
282,283
2012
36
217,765
2011
41
161,591
2010
46
176,487
2009
73
478,093
2008
68
466,948
2007
43
357,588
2006
22
164,293
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Bergholz 7 sits in Jefferson County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 1.2% 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.
Jefferson County, Ohio · Population 64,855
1.2%
Mining share of county employment
$56,983
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
A worker was helping put tin on the roof of a new shed that was being built on the surface near a new fan location that was enclosing some electrical enclosures. EE went to pick up on the cables that were coming out the mast to slide a piece of roof tin under them and felt a tear and heard a pop sound in right arm. EE tore the ligament that attaches the bicep to the elbow.
2014 · 6 incidents
October 21, 2014OH · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerPOWERED HAULAGE
Miner was dumping duster out of scoop bucket and had his hand on scoop kitchen and went to swing scoop and smashed his finger between stop and scoop frame.
2012 · 3 incidents
August 21, 2012OH · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerPOWERED HAULAGE
#1 entry on #1 belt between #14 and #15 cross cut on the left inby rib. 30' long x 8' wide x 3' high. 1 bolt was broke off, approx. 8 bolts exposed and 1 bolt out. The bolts are 42" fully grouted.
Roof fall on old works on 5A belt. It was at 14brk in the #1 entry. It was approx. 30' long approx. 6' high and approx. 20' wide. this is a continuation of a prior fall.
A 30' x 25, x 4' thick roof fall occurred in the mains at break 18 in the #5 intake entry. The fall will not be cleaned up. The area was breakered and additional cribs set in area.
January 21, 2010OH · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
EE was drilling a hole for the inside bolt, a piece of draw rock approximately 7' x 1' x 0" to 2" thick fell from the roof striking the injured on the head. The accident occured in the 3 left section in the No. 3 entry crosscut left.
January 12, 2010OH · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
EE was riding mantrip out of the mine, he observed a piece of slate falling from roof. When moved to dodge the falling rock, his leg went out of mantrip and hit the bottom, breaking his leg.
Roof fall occured in a crosscut of a clay vein fault area intersections where cable bolted. The fall occured in a worked out section of the mine where no work is being done.
Roof fall at break 53 of 1 left submain in No. 5 intake airway entry. Fell approximately 20' x 30' x 10'-12' thick. Intersection had a clay vein in middle.
Miner cut into unmapped workings of an abandoned mine in the No. 2 crosscut right of the 9 Left Panel. Water flowed into the active workings and the miners immediately evacuated to the surface. Water pooled outby in No. 5 entry approximately 8" deep between No. 32 and No. 46 crosscuts. Flow from old mine has stabilized at approximately 15 GPM.
May 16, 2007OH · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerMACHINERY
EE was tramming a scoop under a low hanging cable. He lifted the cable with his left arm while tramming under cable. When he was completely under the cable vertically, it shoved his elbow down into the deck putting pressure on his arm.
February 7, 2007OH · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY