Essex Mine has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $412 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2004–2006
Latest incident
Jan 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
65
citations
31
significant & substantial
$9,552
proposed penalties
$9,140
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $412 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
23
inspections on record
581
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: 581 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Essex Mine has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $412 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$412
outstanding
61 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-12-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Essex Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.95 mg/m3 (80% compliant) across 79 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
2006 Q1
4,562
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
13,938
16
10
1147.9
2005 Q3
16,238
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
17,490
10
6
571.8
2005 Q1
11,717
15
3
1280.2
2004 Q4
9,670
11
6
1137.5
2004 Q3
2,410
5
1
2074.7
2004 Q2
23,957
6
4
250.4
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2004 Q1
19,987
2
1
100.1
2003 Q4
280
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
8 on file
2006 · 1 incident
January 9, 2006WV · Coalbull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift bossHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS REPLACING GUARD ON #4 BELT HEAD. CUT HIS LEFT HAND ON SHARP EDGE OF EXPANDED METAL.
August 22, 2005WV · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Maptona, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS PULLING CABLE AND STEPPED INTO A HOLE WHILE PULLING CABLE. HE TOLD THE BOSS HE THOUGHT HE DID SOMETHING TO HIS BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK THAT SHIFT AND THE NEXT TWO SHIFTS. HE CAME OUT ON 8/25/05 AFTER THREE HOURS HE TOLD THE BOSS HIS BACK WAS HURTING AND HE WAS GOING TO THE DOCTOR.
April 15, 2005WV · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerFALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Employee stated he was riding on the mantrip when a piece of coal with slate fell and hit the driver. The driver leaned over and fell across his right knee.
April 15, 2005WV · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderFALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Employee stated he was driving mantrip coming up from #3 belt head, when a piece of coal with slate fell and hit him on left shoulder and hand. Coal measured 0 to 18" wide and 0 to 2 1/2" thick and 0 to 54" long. Mostly coal.
Divita Coal Co · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Two employees were putting shuttle car cable and reel back in time. They had all the cable off of reel. One employee was turning machine on and off to roll cable back on reel. A loop of cable caught the other employee around the leg and knocked him down.
2004 · 2 incidents
April 20, 2004WV · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS ON HIS KNEE WATCHING MINER MOVE AS THE MACHINE PASSED BY HIM, HE GRABBED THE PAN OF MINER TO PULL HIS SELF TO HIS FEET. THE HEAD TILTED AND MASHED HIS INDEX FINGER.
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