Endeavor Surface Mine has $40K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K 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
2009–2022
Latest incident
Sep 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
94
citations
52
significant & substantial
$40,076
proposed penalties
$31,334
paid to date
78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8,742 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.
94 citations across 2,217 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Endeavor Surface Mine has $40K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K 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.
$40K
proposed penalties
$35K
current assessed
$31K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
92 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $8K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-12-20.
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.
3citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 67%
Stood as issued
1 · 33%
0%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
68%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$8K proposed, $2K 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 2023-01-12.
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 Endeavor Surface Mine shows 100% of 126 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: 2023-02-28, 3 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
126
samples
0.72
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
ⓘThe excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
83 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 43 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.
Endeavor Surface Mine recorded 3.87 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2019.
Injury rate, 2019
ⓘ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.
3.87
total case rate
3.87
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 3.39 and the all-US-mining average was 2.32 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 4.51 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
2019 *
3.87
3.87
0.000
2018 *
3.72
3.72
0.000
2017 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2016 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2012 *
2.51
2.51
0.000
2011
0.00
0.00
0.000
2010
0.89
0.00
0.000
2009
2.17
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
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2024
0
2023
2
2022
11
17,003
2021
1
2020
1
2019
19
72,609
2018
19
81,868
2017
12
92,488
2016
15
55,717
2015
1
2014
0
2013
0
2012
44
274,629
2011
88
854,678
2010
85
896,935
2009
79
715,774
2008
1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Endeavor Surface Mine sits in Boone County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 10.1% 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.
Boone County, West Virginia · Population 21,312
10.1%
Mining share of county employment
$56,152
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
Employee was backing up to be loaded and backed into the wall and was jarred. After an investigation was completed and medical records were obtained indicating a strain to the neck, shoulder, and contusions to the lower back this incident became reportable as of April 3, 2012.
Employee picked up a used air filter that had a burr on the inside mesh area, causing a laceration to his ring finger on his left hand. He was transported to Boone Memorial Hospital by Boone County Ambulance where he received six sutures to close the wound.
2009 · 2 incidents
November 28, 2009WV · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was attempting to close a window inside the portal trailer. The window was stuck and he used his left hand to tap on the window rail causing the window to break causing a laceration to the edge of his hand underneath his fourth finger requiring seven sutures.
August 7, 2009WV · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorMACHINERY
Employee was operating a D-11T Dozer #20653. He was backing up and the dozer went up onto a rock. EE was looking out the side window when this happened causing his face to come down into the fire suppression panel and chipping a tooth. This accident is now reportable since he had dental work to repair the tooth.