Mining Incidents

Cheylan Dock Coal

Controlled by Douglas M Epling
Cheylan, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606956

Cheylan Dock has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1989–2011
Latest incident
Jun 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
58
citations
34
significant & substantial
$24,916
proposed penalties
$19,782
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,134 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
56
inspections on record
828
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: 828 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Cheylan Dock has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$25K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
57 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-06-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Cheylan Dock shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.10 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 70 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.
0.10
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.46
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
70
samples
Most recent sample: 2013-12-03.
Noise
3%
over PEL
37
samples
Most recent sample: 2013-12-03.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, 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
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 674 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,327 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,296 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,974 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,589 1 0 629.3
Show 53 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q1 2,100 1 0 476.2
2012 Q4 1,731 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,708 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,854 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,895 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,492 4 4 2681.0
2011 Q3 1,056 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,005 1 1 995.0
2011 Q1 996 5 2 5020.1
2010 Q4 940 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 928 1 0 1077.6
2010 Q2 893 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 926 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 972 1 1 1028.8
2009 Q3 1,524 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,766 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,380 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,982 1 0 504.5
2008 Q3 1,699 1 0 588.6
2008 Q2 1,515 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,787 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,339 4 0 749.2
2007 Q3 5,343 8 4 1497.3
2007 Q2 4,758 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,299 1 0 188.7
2006 Q4 2,130 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,773 1 0 564.0
2006 Q2 7,314 11 10 1504.0
2006 Q1 2,809 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 6,968 2 1 287.0
2005 Q3 7,250 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 7,134 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 6,578 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,550 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,547 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,643 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,297 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,957 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,866 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,897 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,566 1 0 280.4
2002 Q4 3,412 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,755 2 2 532.6
2002 Q2 3,705 4 4 1079.6
2002 Q1 3,919 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,984 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,500 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,367 1 0 297.0
2001 Q1 3,508 3 2 855.2
2000 Q4 2,912 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,825 1 1 354.0
2000 Q2 2,861 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,559 3 2 842.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2011 · 1 incident

June 2, 2011 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountain Edge Mining Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was walking on barge while it was being loaded for unknown reason. He claims his knee locked up causing him to fall into the water.

2001 · 1 incident

March 8, 2001 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountain Edge Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SPRAINED ANKLE WHILE DISMOUNTING ENDLOADER.

1990 · 2 incidents

January 18, 1990 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Mountain View Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

UNKNOWN/ALLEGED LUNG IMPAIRMENT.

January 18, 1990 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Mountain View Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNKNOWN/ALLEGED HEARING IMPAIRMENT.

1989 · 1 incident

March 28, 1989 WV · Coal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Mountain View Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

UNKNOWN/ALLEGED LUNG IMPAIRMENT.

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The full compliance file on Cheylan Dock

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 with the underlying data as CSV.