Mining Incidents

Contract Services Group 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.
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 2 2 1515.2
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 3 1 2272.7
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 5 3 3787.9
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

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