Century 101: 27 MSHA citations
Coal
Century,
Barbour County,
WV
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608138
Century 101 has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 1992–1994
- Latest incident
- Mar 1994
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
3
significant & substantial
$13,913
proposed penalties
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $27 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 431 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Century 101 has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
23 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $427 in penalties contested before the Commission, $400 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-09-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
13.0%
significant & substantial
34.8%
high negligence or reckless
13.0%
reasonably likely or greater
52.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.7% low, 56.5% moderate, 26.1% high, 8.7% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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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.
4
citations taken to the federal commission · 15% of citations on record
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
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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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
6%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$427 proposed, $400 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 2009-05-21.
Contested penalties
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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.
| Docket |
Decision |
Judge |
Year |
Proposed / upheld |
| WEVA 2009-775 |
Settlement |
Lesnick |
2010 |
$327 → $300 |
| WEVA 2009-1466 |
Settlement |
Lesnick |
2010 |
$100 → $100 |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year |
Employees |
| 2009 |
1 |
| 2008 |
0 |
| 2000 |
11 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Century 101 sits in Barbour County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.8% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.
Barbour County, West Virginia · Population 15,454
6.8%
Mining share of county employment
$48,347
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
| 2009 Q2 |
36 |
1 |
0 |
27777.8 |
| 2009 Q1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
| 2008 Q4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2000 Q2 |
7,187 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 |
5,549 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
1994 · 2 incidents
March 30, 1994
WV · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Rauer Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object
DRIVER WAS OPERATING THE TRATOR TRAILER ASCENDING A STEEP HAUL ROAD WHICH WAS ROUGH & WET & WAS TURNING TO THE RT WHEN THE DRIVE WHEELS ON THE TRACTOR LOST TRACTION CAUSING IT TO SPIN THEN GAI NED TRACTION CAUSING THE GEARING IN THE REAR ENDTO BREAK THE TRACTOR & TRAILER STARTED SLIDIKNG BACKWARD ON THE GRADE & CURVE CAUSING THE TRAILER TO JACK KNIFE & UPSET & THROW THE TRACTOR INT
Rauer Coal Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
THE EE WAS INAN UPRIGHT POSITION ON A RAILROAD CAR PLATFORM TRY TO RELEASE THE MANUAL BRAKE. THE BRAKE WAS TIGHTLY SET AND WHEN IT BROKE FREE, THE EE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
1993 · 1 incident
August 30, 1993
WV · Coal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
MACHINERY
Rauer Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE EE WAS USING A HAND DRILL TO DRILL A HOLE THRU A CLOTHES LOCKER. THE DRILL BIT WENT THRU THE METAL AND PUNCTURED HIS FINGER.
1992 · 3 incidents
December 28, 1992
WV · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rauer Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects
THE EE WAS BENT OVER PICKING UP A SAMPLE BAG OF COAL. WATER SPLASHED DOWN FROM ABOVE. THE EE JERKED TO GET OUT OF THE WAY AND STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
July 31, 1992
WV · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rauer Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
54736YEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DISMOUNTING FROM A DUMP T RUCK HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON RUNNING BOARD CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE HE THEN FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK
July 11, 1992
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rauer Coal Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
38505MPLOYEE WAS REMOVING THE DOOR TO THE FLOW BATH.IT SLIPPED AND SWUNG TOWARD ANOTHER EMPLOYEE.HE SHOVED AGAINST THE DOOR TO KEEP IT FROM STRIKING THE OTHER EMPLOYEE.HE LATER REPORTED A SORE 02132 AS A RESULT OF SHOVING THE DOOR.