P E S Enterprises Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHEN PUSHING UP A BENT RESIN BOLT INTO HOLE, EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING BOLT AND IT SLIPPED OFF BOLTER HEAD, CATCHING FINGERS BETWEEN BOLTER HEAD AND ROOF BOLT.
Douglas No 1 Mine: 25 MSHA citations Coal
Douglas No 1 Mine has $3K 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
- 5
- Years on record
- 1998–2001
- Latest incident
- Oct 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
25
citations
10
significant & substantial
$3,168
proposed penalties
$3,168
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
35
inspections on record
720
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 720 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Douglas No 1 Mine has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-11-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.40.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
40.0%
reasonably likely or greater
4.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 44.0% low, 56.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Douglas No 1 Mine shows 92% of 111 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
Health sampling
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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
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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: 2002-01-10, 24 years ago
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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.92%
within 1.5 mg/m3
111
samples
2.53
dust max (mg/m3)
50 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 61 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- AUGER OPERATOR61
- MOBILE BRIDGE OPERATOR20
- ROOF BOLTER (SINGLE HEAD)10
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2001-11-23, 24 years ago3.2
silica avg (%)
6
samples
9.1
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
- AUGER OPERATOR5
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Health sampling trend
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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
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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.| Year | within 1.5 mg/m3 | samples |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 100% | 3 |
| 2001 | 90% | 69 |
| 2000 | 95% | 39 |
Silica (quartz) by year
| Year | silica avg (%) | samples |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4.3 | 4 |
| 2000 | 1.1 | 2 |
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Douglas No 1 Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2001.
Injury rate, 2001
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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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US coal mining average was 6.94 and the all-US-mining average was 5.26 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 8.13 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
- Wyoming Pocahontas Land Company 1994 to 1997
- P E S Enterprises Inc 1997 to 2002
- Peach Tree Ridge Mining, Inc. 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
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Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.| Year | Employees | Coal produced (tons) |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 15 | 75,101 |
| 2000 | 22 | 52,328 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Douglas No 1 Mine sits in Wyoming County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Wyoming County, West Virginia · Population 20,948
11.2%
Mining share of county employment
$48,038
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 Q4 | 6,696 | 2 | 0 | 298.7 |
| 2001 Q3 | 7,225 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 7,846 | 3 | 0 | 382.4 |
| 2001 Q1 | 7,766 | 3 | 0 | 386.3 |
| 2000 Q4 | 7,889 | 2 | 0 | 253.5 |
| 2000 Q3 | 5,239 | 3 | 2 | 572.6 |
| 2000 Q2 | 2,221 | 5 | 3 | 2251.2 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 Q1 | 3,937 | 6 | 4 | 1524.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2001 · 3 incidents
July 17, 2001
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
P E S Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SLIDE A PIECE OF BW STRUCTURE INTO PLACE, EE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
January 31, 2001
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
P E S Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE LOADING SUPPLIES ON HIS BOLT MACHINE EE REACHED FOR A BOX OF GLUE & FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND HIP AREA
1999 · 1 incident
February 19, 1999
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
P E S Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
SWINGJACK FRAME WAS BROKE ON ROOF BOLTER THE DRILL HEAD OF THE BOLTER WAS PULLED AWAY FROM THE BOLTER AS EE & ANOTHER EE WERE PUSHING THE HEAD BACK TOWARD THE BOLTER INJ EE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS CHEST AREA. HE WORKED THAT SHIFT & WORKEDMONDAY 2/22/99 WHEN THE PAIN GOT WORSE. HE WENT TO DR ON MON NIGHT AND WAS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL
1998 · 1 incident
September 29, 1998
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
P E S Enterprises Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE SAID THAT A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL HUNG IN THE TOP AND HE HAD HIS HAND ON THE STEEL AS HE RAISED THE DRILL HEAD OF THE ROOF BOLTER AND CAUGHT HIS RT. HAND BETWEEN THE DRILL HEAD & THE ROOF OF THE MINER.