Mining Incidents

Douglas No 1 Mine Coal

Controlled by Donn A Chickering
Glen Rogers, Wyoming County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608462

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
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
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.

MSHA sampling at Douglas No 1 Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.62 mg/m3 (92% compliant) across 111 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.
0.62
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.53
dust max (mg/m3)
92%
within 1.5 mg/m3
111
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-01-10.
Silica (quartz)
3.2
silica avg (%)
9.1
silica max (%)
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-11-23.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, 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
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 6 4 2701.5
Show 1 earlier quarters
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 file

2001 · 3 incidents

October 9, 2001 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
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.

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.

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The full compliance file on Douglas No 1 Mine

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.