Mining Incidents

Blackberry Coalburg Coal

Alex Energy Inc · Underground
Drennen, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609262

Blackberry Coalburg has $21K 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
1
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
Jul 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
97
citations
25
significant & substantial
$20,791
proposed penalties
$20,791
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
7
inspections on record
732
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: 732 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Blackberry Coalburg has $21K 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.
$21K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
97 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-06-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Blackberry Coalburg shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.34 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 43 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.
0.34
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.27
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
43
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-11-04.
Silica (quartz)
5.5
silica avg (%)
5.5
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-11-07.
Noise
20%
over PEL
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-05-22.
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
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 12 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 0 1 0
2008 Q4 19,138 35 10 1828.8
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q3 19,282 49 14 2541.2
2008 Q2 16,392 12 1 732.1
2008 Q1 744 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2008 · 1 incident

July 25, 2008 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Alex Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was walking up toward face #2 near corner of 2 right, one cut inby spad #170. The shuttle car was in face of no. 2. The shuttle car started to take up cable as employee straddled the cable and the cable struck him on the inside of his right leg just above the ankle.

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