Cove Mountain Deep Mine has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2012–2014
Latest incident
Jul 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
67
citations
15
significant & substantial
$27,251
proposed penalties
$25,471
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,780 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
26
inspections on record
1,865
inspection hours
3.6
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.
67 citations across 1,865 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Cove Mountain Deep Mine has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$27K
proposed penalties
$25K
current assessed
$25K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
63 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-08-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Cove Mountain Deep Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.49 mg/m3 (94% compliant) across 216 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.
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
An unplanned roof fall occurred on the 002-0 section, two breaks inby spad # 73724 starting in the #6 face into the #6 to #7 cross-cut. Dimension on the fall was 40' in length, 5' to 7' in width and 8' in height.
An unseen roof condition above test hole height 150 feet inby spad number 73124 in entry number 5. The fall was 22 feet in length 19 feet wide and 8 feet high.
2012 · 1 incident
June 8, 2012WV · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
EE was cutting trees for powerline. He had been cutting trees all day. He cut one small tree not foreseeing pressure from another tree pushing on the tree he was cutting. The saw kicked back chain brake was working correctly but apparently the angle he was cutting at prevented his arm from hitting the brake.
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