Mining Incidents

BRC Pinnacle, LLC Coal

BRC Pinnacle, LLC · Facility
Controlled by Steve Rickmeier
Pineville, Wyoming County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609146

BRC Pinnacle, LLC has $4K 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
6
Years on record
2006–2011
Latest incident
Sep 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
33
citations
5
significant & substantial
$3,863
proposed penalties
$3,863
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
31
inspections on record
475
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: 475 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BRC Pinnacle, LLC has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
32 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-10-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at BRC Pinnacle, LLC shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.16 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 27 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.
0.16
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.47
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
27
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-03-13.
Noise
0%
over PEL
14
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-07-26.
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 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 496 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 504 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 512 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 504 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
Show 25 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q3 2,570 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 7,560 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 7,560 1 0 132.3
2011 Q4 4,860 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,680 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,590 2 0 435.7
2011 Q1 4,970 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,342 1 0 427.0
2010 Q3 3,920 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,554 6 0 2349.3
2010 Q1 2,704 3 0 1109.5
2009 Q4 1,700 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 7,072 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 8,160 1 0 122.5
2008 Q3 11,300 6 1 531.0
2008 Q2 11,340 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,230 2 0 1626.0
2007 Q4 976 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,212 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,152 1 0 162.5
2007 Q1 5,019 3 1 597.7
2006 Q4 5,272 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,681 1 1 373.0
2006 Q2 2,290 4 1 1746.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2011 · 3 incidents

September 20, 2011 WV · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Covol Fuels No 4 LLC · Fall onto or against objects

He was changing oil in PC450 Komatsu Excavator. He was standing beside engine when he went to pull down hood to close, hand slipped off causing him to fall backwards into ringer oil container, causing pain to his lower back.

April 20, 2011 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Covol Fuels No 4 LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Ratchet binder slipped causing ee to mash thumb on right hand and possible dislocating.

March 28, 2011 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Covol Fuels No 4 LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was replacing a brass bushing for the propeller shaft on the work boat using an 8 ton hydraulic jack. When he released the jack it slipped pinching his right hand index finger resulting in a cut requiring stitches.

2008 · 2 incidents

August 19, 2008 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Covol Fuels No 4 LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE entered engine area to grease dredge service pump. When entering EE sliped and his left hand came in contact with dredge exhaust. EE grabbed dredge exhaust to brace his fall.

June 4, 2008 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Covol Fuels No 4 LLC · Fall from ladders

As the ee was climbing the ladder, the ladder began to tilt backwards. He was trying to get off the ladder but was unable to do so. This resulted in the employee falling 4 ft and contacting a concrete floor.

2006 · 1 incident

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The full compliance file on BRC Pinnacle, LLC

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.