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Deep Mine #4: 11 MSHA citations Coal

Pen Coal Corp · Underground
Controlled by Pen Holdings Inc
Dunlow, Wayne County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608579

Deep Mine #4 has $605 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
17
Years on record
1997–2000
Latest incident
Apr 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
11
citations
0
significant & substantial
$605
proposed penalties
$605
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Pen Coal Corp's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
6
inspections on record
183
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: 183 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Deep Mine #4 has $605 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.
$605
proposed penalties
$605
current assessed
$605
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-04-17.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 54.5% low, 45.5% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Deep Mine #4 shows 73% of 26 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: 2000-03-14, 26 years ago
73%
within 1.5 mg/m3
26
samples
4.67
dust max (mg/m3)
10 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 16 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR7
  • MECHANIC2
  • SCOOP CAR OPERATOR2

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2000-02-07, 26 years ago
4.8
silica avg (%)
1
samples
4.8
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR1
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Deep Mine #4 recorded 6.05 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.

Injury rate, 2000
ⓘ 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.
6.05
total case rate
6.05
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 7.74 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 8.87 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. Pen Coal Corp 1996 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)
2000 14 171,393
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Deep Mine #4 sits in Wayne County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Wayne County, West Virginia · Population 38,498
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$55,539
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
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 8,755 2 0 228.4
2000 Q1 24,294 6 0 247.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

17 on file

2000 · 5 incidents

April 12, 2000 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

THE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR HE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY JARRING HIS BACK.

April 10, 2000 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pen Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE NO. 5 ENTRY ON THE MMU 001-0 SECTION. THE FALL MEASURED 100' LONG, 19' WIDE AND 4-8' THICK.

February 10, 2000 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pen Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNINTENTONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE RETURN AIRWAY OFF OF NO.1 SECTION. THE FALL MEASURED 420'LONG, 19'WIDE, AND 4' TO 10' THICK. THE FALL OCCURRED AT SPAD NO. 1914.

January 8, 2000 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pen Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED 350' OUTBY 001-0 SECTION AT SPAD NO. 2312. THE FALL WAS 100' LONG, 20' WIDE, AND 6' AND UP THICK.

January 3, 2000 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pen Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED THREE BREAKSOUT BY THE FACE ON NO.1 SECTION IN THE RETURN AIRWAY AT SPAD NO. 2318. THE FALL WAS 100' LONG 20' WIDE AND 6' THICK.

1999 · 5 incidents

December 28, 1999 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pen Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE LAST OPEN CROSSCUT BETWEEN NO. 2 & 3 ENTRIES AT SPAD NO. 2317. THE FALL WAS 80' LONG, 19' WIDE AND 6' TO 8' HIGH.

October 28, 1999 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

INSTALLING RAILS IN TRACK ENTRY. PLACING TIES ON RAIL, SCOOP ROLLED BACK AND RAIL FELL ON RIGHT FOOT.

June 8, 1999 WV · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EMPLOYEE LIFTED A ROLL OF CURTAIN FROM THE SCOOP, TURNED AND INJURED HIS BACK.

1998 · 3 incidents

July 1, 1998 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pen Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE OPERATING THE CONT MINER, A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF, STRIKING THE EE ON THE LEFT HAND.

June 1, 1998 WV · Coal scoop car operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pen Coal Corp · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE LOADING SUPPLIES ONTO THE SCOOP, THE EE SLIPPED AND FELL BUMPING HIS LEFT HAND AGAINST THE SCOOP.

April 27, 1998 WV · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

WHILE LOADING SUPPLIES ON PINNER EE DROPPED A BUNDLE OF PLATES ON HIS HAND.

1997 · 4 incidents

December 1, 1997 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pen Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE STATED THAT WHILE LOADING RAIL ON A CAR HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK WHEN HE LIFTED A RAIL.

June 6, 1997 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pen Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE NO. 1 SECTION. THE FALL OCCURRED IN ENTRIES 2, 3 AND 4 MEASURING 140' LONG, 0' TO 8' HIGH AND 19' WIDE.

June 4, 1997 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pen Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

EE STATED THAT WHILE TRAMMING THE SHUTTLE CAR TO THE MINER HE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY BOUNCING HIS HEAD INTO THE TOP OF THE CANOPY.

April 2, 1997 WV · Coal scoop car operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pen Coal Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WALKING DOWN AN EMBANKMENT TOWARD THE LAMPHOUSE WHEN HE TRIPPED AND FELL ROLLED APPROX. 50' INJURY HIS BACK, NECK, SHOULDERS AND KNEES.