Mining Incidents

Contract Services Group: 15 MSHA citations Coal

Controlled by Patriot Coal Corporation
Wharton, Boone County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608974

Contract Services Group has $1K 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
3
Years on record
2003–2005
Latest incident
Jul 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
15
citations
8
significant & substantial
$1,226
proposed penalties
$1,226
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
9
inspections on record
219
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: 219 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Contract Services Group has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-03-28.
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.
53.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
53.3%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Eastern Associated Coal Corp. 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Contract Services Group sits in Boone County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 10.1% 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.
Boone County, West Virginia · Population 21,312
10.1%
Mining share of county employment
$56,152
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
2005 Q2 1,320 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,320 1 0 757.6
2004 Q4 1,320 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,320 1 1 757.6
2004 Q2 1,320 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,320 4 2 3030.3
2003 Q4 1,320 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,320 2 0 1515.2
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q2 1,320 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,320 4 2 3030.3
2002 Q4 880 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2005 · 1 incident

July 21, 2005 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Eastern Associated Coal Corp. · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Diagnosised hearing loss

2004 · 1 incident

February 19, 2004 WV · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Eastern Associated Coal Corp. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME

2003 · 1 incident

March 28, 2003 WV · Coal drill helper DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Eastern Associated Coal Corp. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME DATE OF DIAGNOSIS- 04-01-03 DATE DIAGNOSIS 05-05-03