Mining Incidents

Coalburg Extension Coal

Mammoth Coal Company · Underground
Mammoth, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609235

Coalburg Extension has $21K 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
1
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
May 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
66
citations
29
significant & substantial
$20,650
proposed penalties
$16,434
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,216 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
10
inspections on record
463
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: 463 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Coalburg Extension has $21K 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.
$21K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
64 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-12-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Coalburg Extension shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.62 mg/m3 (92% compliant) across 37 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.
0.62
dust avg (mg/m3)
3.52
dust max (mg/m3)
92%
within 1.5 mg/m3
37
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-01-29.
Silica (quartz)
12.0
silica avg (%)
15.6
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-11-10.
Noise
0%
over PEL
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-12-06.
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
2009 Q4 2,070 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,070 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,160 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,070 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 8,305 22 7 2649.0
2008 Q3 23,157 10 5 431.8
2008 Q2 17,453 18 4 1031.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2008 · 1 incident

May 17, 2008 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mammoth Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

An unplanned roof fall occurred in the coalburg extension mine in the #3 entry. #3 brk at spad #242. No injuries were reported. The fall measured 50' long x 19' wide x 6' high. The area was developed on 5/2/08.

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The full compliance file on Coalburg Extension

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.