Mining Incidents

Grassy #1 Surface Coal

Controlled by Corbin Robertson III
Leivasy, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4609538

Grassy #1 Surface has $2K 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
3
Years on record
2018–2019
Latest incident
Feb 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
17
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,946
proposed penalties
$1,946
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
20
inspections on record
461
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: 461 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Grassy #1 Surface has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-03-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Grassy #1 Surface shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.17 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 36 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.
0.17
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.74
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
36
samples
Most recent sample: 2020-02-19.
Silica (quartz)
30.3
silica avg (%)
50.9
silica max (%)
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-01-15.
Noise
7%
over PEL
14
samples
Most recent sample: 2020-02-19.
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
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 4 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 1 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 1,845 1 0 542.0
2019 Q4 569 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,378 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,623 1 0 276.0
2019 Q1 13,701 1 0 73.0
2018 Q4 14,785 1 0 67.6
2018 Q3 15,308 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 10,709 8 1 747.0
2018 Q1 6,500 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2019 · 1 incident

February 25, 2019 WV · Coal FIRE
Quinwood Coal Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

on 2/25/2019 the equipment operator of a Cat D10R Dozer saw a puff of smoke from under the Dozer. The equipment operator stopped and dismounted the machine. The machine caught on fire. No Injuries or Fatalities. MSHA was notified of the fire on this equipment.

2018 · 2 incidents

December 13, 2018 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quinwood Coal Company LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was performing maintenance on Cat992. While removing retaining cap from tilt cylinder pin cap fell down striking and lacerating right pinky finger requiring 4 stitches.

June 25, 2018 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Quinwood Coal Company LLC · Fall onto or against objects

The employee was working on a 16G Road Grader. The employee had some metal stands lying at the site. The employee started to walk and tripped and fell striking the palm of hand against the metal stand which resulted in a laceration to the palm of the employee's right hand requiring ten (10) sutures to close the wound.

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