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.
114 citations across 1,188 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Drautz Mine has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $66 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$66
outstanding
111 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-12-16.
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.
MSHA sampling at Drautz Mine shows 84% of 225 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: 2002-10-31, 23 years ago
84%
within 1.5 mg/m3
225
samples
7.12
dust max (mg/m3)
121 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 104 by the operator.
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.
Drautz Mine recorded 10.23 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.
Injury rate, 2002
ⓘ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.
10.23
total case rate
2.05
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 6.89 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 9.17 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
2002 *
10.23
2.05
0.000
2001
21.54
3.31
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
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2003
15
2002
43
475,437
2001
54
861,495
2000
37
392,959
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Drautz Mine 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
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2003 Q1
2,480
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
26,982
5
1
185.3
2002 Q3
26,412
7
1
265.0
2002 Q2
25,063
1
0
39.9
2002 Q1
19,316
8
3
414.2
2001 Q4
14,305
11
5
769.0
2001 Q3
33,632
13
2
386.5
2001 Q2
36,007
18
7
499.9
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2001 Q1
36,763
17
7
462.4
2000 Q4
34,126
17
4
498.2
2000 Q3
19,014
3
0
157.8
2000 Q2
2,560
7
0
2734.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
27 on file
2002 · 5 incidents
December 12, 2002WV · Coallaborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHILE INSTALLING TOP BELT STRUCTURE EE BENT OVER ROPE AND PULLED STRUCTURE UP AND FELT PAIN IN BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK. ON 4-11-02 THE DR PUTHIM ON RESTRICTED DUTY FOR A WEEK.
January 26, 2002WV · Coallaborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS USING LIFTING JACK TO JACK FEEDER AWAY FROM RIB, AND BAR SLIPPED OUT OF JACK, HITTING HIM IN FACE, RESULTING IN CUT TO CORNER OF RIGHT EYE AND BROKEN NOSE.
2001 · 14 incidents
October 18, 2001WV · Coallaborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR AND TURNED INTO BREAK AND SHUTTLE CAR SKID INTO RIB FROM WET BOTTOM ON MINE FLOOR, CAUSING HIM TO BE JOLTED HURTING HIS BACK.
August 11, 2001WV · Coallaborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
RAISING LID TO CHECK SANDERS ON 14 TON MOTOR, AND LID FELL ON OPPOSITE SIDE CAUSING THE LID ON HIS SIDE TO FALL HITTING HIM ON RIGHT ARM ABOVE WRIST, RESULTING IN FRACTURE TO ARM.
June 22, 2001WV · Coalshuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operatorFALL OF ROOF OR BACK
EE WAS OPERATING 6 TON MOTOR ON TRACK & 14 TO MOTOR GOING UP INCLINE SPUN OUT AND SLID BACK INTO 6 TON MOTOR RESULTING IN BRUISED & MILD CONCUSSION TO EE
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING SCOOP THAT WAS STUCK WITH SCOOP AND SCOOP DROPPED IN HOLE AND BLADE CAME OFF SCOOP HE WAS PUSHING AND JAMMED HIS HEAD AGAINST CANOPY HURTING HIS NECK AND BACK.
July 15, 2000WV · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY