Brushy Fork Cedar Grove Sur Mine has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2000–2002
Latest incident
Oct 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
33
citations
23
significant & substantial
$7,279
proposed penalties
$5,117
paid to date
70% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,162 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: 691 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Brushy Fork Cedar Grove Sur Mine has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
32 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-12-18.
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.
Brushy Fork Cedar Grove Sur Mine recorded 3.46 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.
Injury rate, 2002
ⓘ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.
3.46
total case rate
3.46
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 6.89 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 9.17 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
2002 *
3.46
3.46
0.000
2001 *
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
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2003
3
2002
25
527,915
2001
19
421,238
2000
1
22,645
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Brushy Fork Cedar Grove Sur Mine sits in Raleigh County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.0% 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.
Raleigh County, West Virginia · Population 73,666
4.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,055
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
2003 Q2
718
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
2,173
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
9,178
1
0
109.0
2002 Q3
24,008
3
3
125.0
2002 Q2
16,805
21
15
1249.6
2002 Q1
7,781
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
7,290
1
1
137.2
2001 Q3
21,576
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2001 Q2
9,145
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
8,641
3
0
347.2
2000 Q4
1,951
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
0
0
0
2000 Q2
0
0
0
2000 Q1
855
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2002 · 4 incidents
October 4, 2002WV · Coalcoal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shovelerMACHINERY
EE WAS OPERATING THE 801 EXCAVATOR REMOVING CLAY MATERIALS FROM A SPOIL BANK. AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF CLAY BROKE FLEE AND STRUCK THE FOREARD OPERATOR GLASS OF THE EVCAVATOR CAUSING IT TO SHATTER. THIS IN TURN IS BELIEVED TO HAVE CAUSED THE OPERATOR TO MAKE A SUDDEN MOVE INSIDE THE CAB AND STRIKE HIS LEFT KNEE AGAINST THE BRACE OF THE MACHINE RESULTING IN THE INJURY OF HIS LEFT KNEE.
Progress Coal · Fall to the walkway or working surface
CROSSING CATWALK ON LAUNCH, SLIPPED AND SHIN STRUCK CATWALK, CUT SHIN.
May 29, 2002WV · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Progress Coal · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EE WAS WALKING ACROSS WALKWAY OF MINER LAUNCH PAD OF HIGHWALL MINER. HE ALLEGED HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HIS KNEE WAS LACERATED WHEN IT STRUCK THE METAL WALKWAY. LACERATION WAS APPROX 1/4 " LONG.
May 21, 2002WV · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS STEPPING OFF A SET OF STEPS FROM LAUNCH PAD OF THE HIGHWALL MINER. HE STEPPED IN A HOLE ON PIT FLOOR. HE ALLEGED THAT HE TWISTED AND STRAINED HIS HIP. HE STARTED MISSING WORK DUE TO THIS ACCIDENT ON 5-24-02.
2001 · 2 incidents
September 15, 2001WV · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
Progress Coal · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE WAS PULLING CABLE FOR THE HIGHWALL MINER AS IT WAS TRAMMING TOWARD FACE. THE ADD CARS WERE TRAMMING OFF FRONT OF LAUNCH PAD. THE WHEELS DROPPED DOWN CAUSING THE CARS TO DROP AGAINST PAD. HI S FOOT GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR AND PAD FRACTURINGHIS BIG TOE & FIRST TOE ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.
July 23, 2001WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSTRIKING OR BUMPING
WINCH LINE BROKE ON DOZER THAT WAS HOLDING ANOTHER DOZER CLEARING BRUSH ON SLOPE. DOZER SLID DOWN HILL TURNING OVER APPROX. 4 TIMES, BLADE TO WINCH. DOZER ROLLED ON 60 DEGREE SLOPE ABOUT 400' . OPERATOR WAS IN BRUSH CAB WITH SEAT BELT ON.