DINGESS PROCESSING COMPLEX has $86K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1992–2007
Latest incident
Sep 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
200
citations
73
significant & substantial
$85,518
proposed penalties
$59,514
paid to date
70% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $26,004 gap.
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.
200 citations across 2,342 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
DINGESS PROCESSING COMPLEX has $86K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 3 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.
$86K
proposed penalties
$60K
current assessed
$60K
paid to date
$60
outstanding
199 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $49K in penalties contested before the Commission, $23K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-12-29.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
5citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 40%
Stood as issued
3 · 60%
80%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
53%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$49K proposed, $23K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2008-07-29.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at DINGESS PROCESSING COMPLEX shows 98% of 85 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: 2008-11-03, 17 years ago
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
85
samples
2.05
dust max (mg/m3)
72 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 13 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
DINGESS PROCESSING COMPLEX recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.
Injury rate, 2008
ⓘ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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 4.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 4.91 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.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
3.22
3.22
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
1
2025
1
2024
0
2023
1
2022
5
2021
7
2020
0
2019
0
2018
0
2017
0
2016
0
2015
0
2014
0
2013
0
2012
0
2011
0
2010
0
2009
5
2008
19
2007
20
2006
20
2005
20
2004
22
2003
22
2002
22
2001
21
2000
26
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
DINGESS PROCESSING COMPLEX sits in Mingo County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 15.0% 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.
Mingo County, West Virginia · Population 22,979
15.0%
Mining share of county employment
$39,527
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
EE'S LOADER OVERHEATED & HE WAS UNSCREWING THE RADIATOR CAP TO CHECK FLUID & THE CAP BLEW OFF & BURNED HIS RIGHT HAND & LOWER ARM.
1995 · 3 incidents
December 27, 1995WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Odell Processing Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE WAS HOLDING RELEASE LEVER ON THE RED DEVIL WHILE OTHER EE WAS WORKING THE RATCHET LEVER THE RATCHET LEVER SLIPPED FROM OTHER HANDS CAUSING FINGER TO GET MASHED.
December 19, 1995WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Odell Processing Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE WAS CLEANING #5 FEEDER TRAY WITH A 6' LONG BAR. THE MATERIAL IN THE FEEDER SURGED OTU WARD AND THE BAR HIT THE CONVEYOR BELT CAUSING THE BAR TO THRUST UPWARDS AND WEDGING EE'S HAND BETWEEN TEH CONCRETE CEILING AND THE BAR OF WHICH HE WAS HOLDING BY THE BACK END OF.
October 7, 1995WV · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE WAS WASHING MUD LODGED IN A CHUTE IN SCALPING SCREEN BLDG WITH A FIRE HOSE. COAL MUD SPALSHED IN HIS RIGHT EYE, CAUSING MATERIAL TO BECOME LODGED IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
1994 · 1 incident
November 15, 1994WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING UNDER HOOD WHILE STANDING ON STEP OF END LOADER. HE JUMPED OFF OF STEP TO LET HOOD OF ENGINE CLOSE HITTING GROUND ON HIS FEET CAUSING. HIS BACK TO GET INJURED (NOTE: T HAT EMPLOYEE HAS HAD BACK SURVERY PRIVIOUSLY ON COMPENSATION.)