Caretta, Mcdowell County,
WV
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Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608399
Caretta #1 Mine has $5K 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
1996–2000
Latest incident
Jun 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
68
citations
29
significant & substantial
$4,839
proposed penalties
$4,839
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
31
inspections on record
725
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: 725 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Caretta #1 Mine has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
68 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-10-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Caretta #1 Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.57 mg/m3 (96% compliant) across 130 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.
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
TAKING SPEED REDUCER OFF SCOOP MOTOR. SPEED REDUCER FELL ON HAND.
January 26, 1996WV · Coalbull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift bossPOWERED HAULAGE
Cu Chi Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
SECTION FOREMAN HAD MADE FIRE BOSS RUN & WAS ON HIS WAY BACK OUT RIDING 3-WHEEL. STARTED TO RUN THROUGH FLY STUCK HAND OUT, WENT THROUGH HOLE & DRUG HIM BACK. INJURED HIS ARM.
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The full compliance file on Caretta #1 Mine
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
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