Buck Lilly Surface Mine has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2012–2013
Latest incident
Feb 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
23
citations
9
significant & substantial
$3,429
proposed penalties
$3,329
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $100 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: 625 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Buck Lilly Surface Mine has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$100
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-12-13.
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 Buck Lilly Surface Mine shows 100% of 34 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: 2022-06-22, 4 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
34
samples
0.75
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
ⓘThe excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
25 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 9 by the operator.
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.
Buck Lilly Surface Mine recorded 3.69 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2012.
Injury rate, 2012
ⓘ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.
3.69
total case rate
3.69
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
About average. The US coal mining average was 3.74 and the all-US-mining average was 2.96 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 4.13 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
2012 *
3.69
3.69
0.000
2011 *
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)
2025
0
2024
0
2023
0
2022
1
2021
2
2020
0
2019
0
2018
0
2017
0
2016
0
2013
7
3,100
2012
32
103,166
2011
22
88,887
2010
0
2009
0
2008
0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Buck Lilly Surface Mine sits in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.7% 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.
Greenbrier County, West Virginia · Population 32,688
1.7%
Mining share of county employment
$48,662
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
2025 Q4
0
0
0
2025 Q3
0
0
0
2024 Q4
0
0
0
2024 Q3
0
0
0
2024 Q2
0
0
0
2024 Q1
0
0
0
2023 Q4
0
0
0
2023 Q3
0
0
0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2
0
0
0
2023 Q1
630
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
560
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
592
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
630
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
650
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
550
1
0
1818.2
2021 Q3
530
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
10
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
1,730
1
0
578.0
2020 Q4
0
0
0
2020 Q3
0
0
0
2020 Q2
0
0
0
2020 Q1
0
0
0
2019 Q4
0
0
0
2019 Q3
0
0
0
2019 Q2
0
0
0
2019 Q1
0
0
0
2018 Q4
0
0
0
2018 Q3
0
0
0
2018 Q2
0
0
0
2018 Q1
0
0
0
2017 Q4
0
0
0
2017 Q3
0
0
0
2017 Q2
0
0
0
2017 Q1
0
0
0
2016 Q4
0
0
0
2013 Q2
1,098
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
2,909
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
4,350
1
0
229.9
2012 Q3
13,982
1
0
71.5
2012 Q2
16,823
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
19,000
2
0
105.3
2011 Q4
18,037
1
1
55.4
2011 Q3
17,642
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
14,917
1
0
67.0
2011 Q1
0
0
0
2010 Q4
0
0
0
2010 Q3
0
0
0
2010 Q2
0
0
0
2010 Q1
0
0
0
2009 Q4
0
0
0
2009 Q3
0
0
0
2009 Q2
0
0
0
2009 Q1
0
0
0
2008 Q4
0
0
0
2008 Q3
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2013 · 1 incident
February 14, 2013WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee stated that as he turned with a crib block he felt a pain in shoulder and low back. Did not report until 2/25/13. Employee stated that took x-ray on 2/18/13 and was told had a minor fracture to L-1 but could continue to work.
2012 · 1 incident
February 9, 2012WV · Coalgreaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oilerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was Filling Oil Truck With Oil. He Was Pulling On Oil Hose And Pulled A Muscle In Right Shoulder. Employee Went To Family Urgent Care On 2-10-2012 And Receved Treatment.
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