Blue Pennant Transfer has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
26
Years on record
1992–2013
Latest incident
Apr 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
47
citations
18
significant & substantial
$6,695
proposed penalties
$6,637
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $58 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: 798 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Blue Pennant Transfer has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
46 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-02-20.
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.
7citations taken to the federal commission · 15% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 29%
Stood as issued
5 · 71%
71%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 7 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
3%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $2K 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 2011-04-26.
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 Blue Pennant Transfer shows 100% of 22 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: 2013-06-25, 13 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
22
samples
0.89
dust max (mg/m3)
22 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
BULLDOZER OPERATOR18
UTILITY MAN2
SCALPER-SCREEN OPERATOR1
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.
Blue Pennant Transfer recorded 3.94 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2011.
Injury rate, 2011
ⓘ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.
3.94
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
About average. The US coal mining average was 3.83 and the all-US-mining average was 3.08 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 4.45 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
2011 *
3.94
0.00
0.000
2010 *
3.42
3.42
0.000
2009 *
0.00
0.00
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
2014
2
2013
4
2012
5
2011
21
2010
27
2009
11
2008
2
2007
4
2006
7
2005
4
2004
4
2003
6
2002
2
2001
5
2000
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Blue Pennant Transfer sits in Boone County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 10.1% 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.
Boone County, West Virginia · Population 21,312
10.1%
Mining share of county employment
$56,152
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
2014 Q2
1,412
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
1,460
1
0
684.9
2013 Q4
1,681
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
2,472
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
2,801
1
0
357.0
2013 Q1
3,450
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
2,395
1
0
417.5
2012 Q3
2,885
1
1
346.6
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2012 Q2
1,764
4
1
2267.6
2012 Q1
2,624
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
1,152
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
2,304
1
1
434.0
2011 Q2
22,787
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
24,533
2
1
81.5
2010 Q4
19,702
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
21,225
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
7,639
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
9,917
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
7,770
5
3
643.5
2009 Q3
8,869
2
0
225.5
2009 Q2
6,774
1
0
147.6
2009 Q1
2,007
2
1
996.5
2008 Q4
1,998
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
1,421
2
0
1407.5
2008 Q2
0
0
0
2008 Q1
2,138
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
2,009
2
2
995.5
2007 Q3
2,183
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
3,053
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
888
1
1
1126.1
2006 Q4
2,332
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
2,928
1
1
341.5
2006 Q2
3,852
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
10,582
1
0
94.5
2005 Q4
1,755
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
1,776
3
0
1689.2
2005 Q1
1,675
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
1,587
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
3,005
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
3,037
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
2,687
1
1
372.2
2003 Q4
2,651
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
3,853
1
1
259.5
2003 Q2
3,568
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
3,566
2
0
560.9
2002 Q4
0
0
0
2002 Q3
1,499
1
0
667.1
2002 Q2
2,095
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
2,020
5
2
2475.2
2001 Q4
3,099
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
2,899
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
2,467
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
2,529
3
2
1186.2
2000 Q4
2,523
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
2,552
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
2,374
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
3,052
3
0
983.0
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
May 13, 1997WV · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanFatality · ELECTRICAL
A load of track bars came in at the high line crews office and they were falling off the truck. EE went down there to reload them. As he was reloading them, he had slide his hand down the bar when a sliver of metal punctured his left hand.
Belt vulcanizer was cutting conveyor belt. When he finished, he put the knife in his pocket. The blade was not completely retracted and cut his leg. He was undecided about going to the doctor at the time of the accident. It was learned on 4/21/11 that he had received stitches but missed no work.
2010 · 1 incident
February 3, 2010WV · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE was loading a roll of 3/8" steel rope onto the #2 digger truck. He turned to put the wire into the truck and felt severe pain in his lower back and down his right leg. He worked until 4/14/2010 and went off work until 7/6/10.
2005 · 2 incidents
August 8, 2005WV · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF STRAIGHTENING TOP STRUCTURE USING A HAMMER TO ANGLE STRUCTURE. HE DERW THE HAMMER BACK, STRUCK HIS HAND AGAINST 4" WATER LINE COUPLING AND CAUSED A FRACTURE TO HIS LITTLE FINGER. NO STITCHES WERE NEEDED, HE DID NOT MISS ANY DAYS DUE TO INJURY
Employee has worked in and around coal mines for 25 years. He has been diagnosed with an occupational illness (repeated trauma/degenerative disc disease) of the lumbar spine. He has not missed any scheduled work. This is a degree 6 occupational illness.
2003 · 1 incident
May 16, 2003WV · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WORKING IN AND AROUND COAL MINES FOR APPROXIMATELY 28 YEARS EE WAS OFFICIALLY DIAGNOSED WITH CARPAL TUNNEL ON 11-15-99. IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION ON 1-3-00.
WORKING FROM A MAN CAGE EE WAS TORCH CUTTING A CHUTE LINER. AS THE CUT WAS COMPLETED THE SUSPENDED (BOOME TRUCK) LINER TWISTED & CAUGHT THE LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE MAN CAGE & LINER
WHILE CUTTING STEEL WITH A CUTTING TORCH ADJACENT TO CONCRETE, THE HEATED CONCRETE POPPED SENDING A SMALL PIECE OF HEATED CONTRETE UNDER SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO LEFT EYE T
THE EE WAS USING A RED DEVIL ROPE HOIST WHEN THEACCIDENT OCCURRED. HE HAD THE ROPE HOIST HOOKED TO THE BELT CONVEYOR & TIGHTENING THE ROPE ON THE HOIST WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED OUT OF THE HOIST & HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH. THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION REQUIRING STITCHES. THIS IS A DEGREE 6, CLASSIFICATION 10, NON-INTERMEDIATE INJURY.
January 10, 1996WV · Coalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS GATHERING OXYGEN TANKS TO BE LIFTED INTO PLACE BY A BOOM TRUCK. THE OPERATOR OF THE BOOMT RUCK WAS EXTENDING THE OUT RIGGERS AND SET THE OUTRIGGER DOWN ON EMPLOYEES FOOT. HE REC EIVED A MASHED FOOT.
June 29, 1993WV · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A BELT CLASMP FROM A CONVEYOR BELT. THE CLAMP DROPPED DOWN AND TRAPPED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BELT CLAMP AND A STEEL BEAM. HE RECEIVED A LACERATION TO HIS INDEX FINGER - LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSIDE A FEEDER WORKING AND WHEN HE WAS COMING OUT, HE USED HIS HANDS TO HELP LIFT HIMSELF UP AND OUT OF THE FEEDER, AND HURT HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE REPORTS THAT HE WAS DIGGING HOLES ON JOB SITE APPROX. 9-21-92. HE REPORTS THAT HE HURT HIS BACK BUT DID NOT TELL HIS SUPERVISOR UNTIL A WEEK LATER. HIS BACK WAS HURTING, BUT MADE NO FURTHER MENTION.