Mining Incidents

Chess Surface Mine Coal

Sylvester, Boone County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609049

Chess Surface Mine has $2K 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
2
Years on record
2005–2006
Latest incident
Mar 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
16
citations
7
significant & substantial
$1,760
proposed penalties
$1,760
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
4
inspections on record
113
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: 113 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Chess Surface Mine has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-09-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, 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
2006 Q4 1,190 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,388 11 6 3246.8
2006 Q2 3,478 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,582 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 16,508 5 1 302.9
2005 Q3 3,652 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 616 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 31 0 0 0.0
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2006 · 1 incident

March 7, 2006 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Elk Run Coal Company, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE AND COWORKER WERE REINSTALLING A BED CABLE BACK ON THE 785 ROCK TRUCK WHEN EE PLACED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE CABLE AND THE BED (SMASHED LEFT RING FINGER).

2005 · 1 incident

August 29, 2005 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Elk Run Coal Company, Inc. · Fall from machine

Attempting to dismount meachanic's truck foot slipped causing him to twist right knee.

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