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Clifftop Surface Mine No 1: 30 MSHA citations Coal

Controlled by David L Huffman
Clifftop, Fayette County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609117

Clifftop Surface Mine No 1 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
—
Latest incident
—
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
30
citations
10
significant & substantial
$4,439
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,439 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Resources Limited, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
15
inspections on record
325
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: 325 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Clifftop Surface Mine No 1 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
30 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-06-22.
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.
33.3%
significant & substantial
3.3%
high negligence or reckless
33.3%
reasonably likely or greater
6.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 96.7% moderate, 3.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Clifftop Surface Mine No 1 shows 100% of 29 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: 2009-10-28, 16 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
29
samples
1.24
dust max (mg/m3)
22 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 7 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • BACKHOE OPERATOR10
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE6
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR5

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.

Last sampled: 2009-04-28, 17 years ago
0%
over PEL
13
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR3
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE3
  • AUGER HELPER1
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2009 100% 7
2008 100% 12
2007 100% 10
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2009 0% 3
2008 0% 7
2007 0% 3
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Clifftop Surface Mine No 1 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.

Injury rate, 2008
ⓘ 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US coal mining average was 4.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 4.91 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.
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.
Ownership history
  1. Cliff Resources LLC 2005 to 2006
  2. Resources Limited, LLC 2006 to present
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)
2013 0
2012 0
2010 0
2009 9 8,323
2008 13 47,172
2007 12 33,560
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Clifftop Surface Mine No 1 sits in Fayette County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.0% 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.
Fayette County, West Virginia · Population 39,987
3.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,672
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
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 3,108 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,735 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,734 1 1 576.7
2009 Q1 2,349 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 7,639 5 1 654.5
2008 Q3 6,628 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 9,440 9 1 953.4
2008 Q1 5,872 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,245 6 5 1143.9
2007 Q3 4,801 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,954 5 1 1009.3

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.