Black Hawk Synfuel has $2K 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
14
Years on record
2000–2007
Latest incident
Dec 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
13
citations
10
significant & substantial
$1,531
proposed penalties
$1,531
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: 433 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Black Hawk Synfuel has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-08-02.
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 Black Hawk Synfuel shows 100% of 36 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: 2006-03-30, 20 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
36
samples
0.57
dust max (mg/m3)
36 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER20
LABORER/BLACKSMITH5
CLEANING PLANT OPERATOR4
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.
Black Hawk Synfuel recorded 12.51 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.
Injury rate, 2007
ⓘ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.
12.51
total case rate
10.01
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 4.71 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 5.00 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
2007 *
12.51
10.01
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
2.05
2.05
0.000
2002 *
6.18
4.12
0.000
2001 *
4.98
4.98
0.000
2000 *
10.94
7.30
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
Year
Employees
2007
35
2006
33
2005
34
2004
34
2003
37
2002
34
2001
39
2000
22
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Black Hawk Synfuel sits in Kanawha County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Kanawha County, West Virginia · Population 178,198
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$58,887
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
2007 Q4
18,488
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
20,106
4
3
198.9
2007 Q2
21,248
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
20,072
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
22,708
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
20,541
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
19,648
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
22,474
2
2
89.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2005 Q4
20,885
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
22,118
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
21,613
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
21,816
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
21,635
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
21,986
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
22,447
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
20,247
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
21,043
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
23,102
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
28,698
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
24,693
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
25,810
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
25,297
1
0
39.5
2002 Q2
23,249
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
22,680
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
23,158
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
28,910
1
0
34.6
2001 Q2
7,135
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
21,043
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
18,835
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
14,602
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
13,504
5
5
370.3
2000 Q1
7,883
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
14 on file
2007 · 5 incidents
December 9, 2007WV · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
A 988 loader was backing off of a feeder ramp when it struck another 988 loader which was waiting for other mobile equipment in the area to clear. The impact caused the operator of the stationary loader to strike his forehead on part of the rollover protection which in turn resulted in a laceration requiring stitches.
August 2, 2007WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
The employee was cutting a piece of metal with a torch at the raw coal feeder, when a small fragment of metal flew under his safety glasses, striking the left eye.
July 10, 2007WV · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was attempting to remove a large lump of coal from the raw coal feeder with a jack hammer. The employee stepped on the handrail resulting in him falling onto the jack hammer.
July 8, 2007WV · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was performing maintenance on the A side briquetter unit and while performing this task tripped over a crib block. As a result, the employee fell into the belt structure and fractured his right arm (humerus).
February 4, 2007WV · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was dismounting D9 dozer when his hand slipped off the handrail causing him to fall off the dozer cab access platform,employee landed upright on to the ground below and fractured his right ankle.
2003 · 1 incident
October 5, 2003WV · Coalbackhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WHILE REMOVING A LARGE ROCK FROM FACILITY, THE ROCK SLIPPED FROM THE EE'S LEFT HAND AND PINCHED HIS RIGHT PINKY FINGER BETWEEN THE ROCK AND THE SKIRT BOARD FRAMING. BRUISING AND A LACERATION REQUIRED SUTURES BY PHYSICIAN.
2002 · 3 incidents
August 30, 2002WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING VARIOUS METAL OBJECTS FROM PERMANENT MAGNET LOCATED ABOVE LOCKED OUT PRODUCT CONVEYOR. EE ATTEMPTS TO REMOVE LARGER THAN NORMAL METAL OBJECT WITH UNDETECTED SHARP EDGE. GRIP IS LOST AND THUMB IS PULLED ACROSS SHARP EDGE, LACERATION THUMB TIP.
January 28, 2002WV · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE