Rt.18 @ Berryburg Jct., Barbour County,
WV
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Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608533
Berryburg Mine has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1996–2001
Latest incident
Nov 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
95
citations
30
significant & substantial
$8,112
proposed penalties
$3,502
paid to date
43% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,610 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
42
inspections on record
1,323
inspection hours
7.2
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.
95 citations across 1,323 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Berryburg Mine has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
93 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-09-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Berryburg Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.64 mg/m3 (93% compliant) across 184 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.
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
2002 Q3
6,997
4
1
571.7
2002 Q2
5,077
10
5
1969.7
2002 Q1
6,805
10
2
1469.5
2001 Q4
5,569
15
4
2693.5
2001 Q3
6,780
20
10
2949.9
2001 Q2
5,060
4
1
790.5
2001 Q1
5,440
5
1
919.1
2000 Q4
5,920
7
1
1182.4
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2000 Q3
6,521
2
1
306.7
2000 Q2
7,192
8
4
1112.3
2000 Q1
8,704
10
0
1148.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
12 on file
2001 · 2 incidents
November 29, 2001WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
A LIGHT COVER WAS BEING REMOVED FROM NO.5 MINER,EE WAS HOLDING A HAMMER, CO-WORKER WAS USING ANOTHER HAMMER TO HIT THE FIRST ONE. THE HAMMER THAT EE WAS HOLDING BROKE AND WENT INTO HIS HAND .
FOUR LEFT SECTION EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING THE MINER CONVEYER CHAIN, USING A HAMMER TO DRIVE THE CHAIN BACK TOGETHER, THE HAMMER STRUCK THE GATHERING ARM, DEFLECTING INTO THE HAND THAT WAS HOLDI NG ANOTHER HAMMER CAUSING A SMASHING BLOW.
EE WAS HELPING THREAD BELT THROUGH TAILPIECE BY USING CHANNEL LOCKS TO HELP PULL THE BELT. CHANNEL LOCKS SLIPPED ON THE BELT. EE LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL ON HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.
February 3, 1999WV · Coalshuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operatorMACHINERY
EE TRIED TO REMOVE A PIECE OF ROCK FROM ON TOP OF THE ROOF BOLTER DRILL HEAD HE DIDN'T STOP THE ROTATION OF THE DRILL HEAD WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE ROCK, AND HIS LEFT HAND GLOVE GOT CAUGHT IN TH E DRILL HEAD WHICH CAUSED HIS LEFT HAND AND ARM TO BE WRAPPED AROUND THE DRILL STEEL
1998 · 3 incidents
December 7, 1998WV · Coalcontinuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgemanFALL OF ROOF OR BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MAKE A BELT MOVE! HE WAS USING A SLATE BAR TO UNROLL A ROL OF BELT WHEN THE SLATE BAR SLIPPED, SMASHING HIS FINGER ON THE METAL PIECE.
1996 · 1 incident
September 23, 1996WV · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
WHILE BOLTING IN A X-CUT AREA A ROCK BROKE OFF THE BROW STRIKING THE OPERATOR IN THE RT LEG, BREAKING HIS LOWER LEG.
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