Richwood, Greenbrier County,
WV
·
Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4609597
Elevation Surface Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2023
Latest incident
Jun 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
12
citations
1
significant & substantial
$2,020
proposed penalties
$961
paid to date
48% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,059 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2021
23
inspections on record
1,595
inspection hours
0.8
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.
12 citations across 1,595 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Elevation Surface Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$961
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Elevation Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.08 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 122 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.
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
2025 Q2
25,783
2
0
77.6
2025 Q1
36,345
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
9,606
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
30,960
1
0
32.3
2024 Q2
10,835
1
0
92.3
2024 Q1
21,530
1
1
46.4
2023 Q4
35,452
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
29,684
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2
27,865
3
0
107.7
2023 Q1
28,660
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
24,580
1
0
40.7
2022 Q3
23,843
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
22,923
1
0
43.6
2022 Q1
24,353
2
0
82.1
2021 Q4
16,564
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
1,702
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
0
0
0
2021 Q1
0
0
0
2020 Q4
0
0
0
2020 Q3
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2023 · 1 incident
June 20, 2023WV · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
EE was cleaning the pit floor when a rock fell from the highwall and came through the windshield of the Komatsu WA600 loader EE was operating. Rock struck EE's right leg causing bruises/contusions, glass in EE's eyes, small lacerations.
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