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Graywolfe No. 2 Coal

Controlled by James River Coal Company
Man, Logan County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608219

Graywolfe No. 2 has $46K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1994–2006
Latest incident
May 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
173
citations
88
significant & substantial
$45,843
proposed penalties
$35,812
paid to date
78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,031 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
23
inspections on record
1,225
inspection hours
14.1
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.
173 citations across 1,225 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Graywolfe No. 2 has $46K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$46K
proposed penalties
$36K
current assessed
$36K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
172 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-08-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at Graywolfe No. 2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.66 mg/m3 (87% compliant) across 143 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.
0.66
dust avg (mg/m3)
4.15
dust max (mg/m3)
87%
within 1.5 mg/m3
143
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-07-19.
Silica (quartz)
5.9
silica avg (%)
12.0
silica max (%)
13
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-07-26.
Noise
0%
over PEL
15
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-05-09.
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
2006 Q4 1,775 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 25,965 35 21 1348.0
2006 Q1 24,775 16 5 645.8
2005 Q4 24,784 14 11 564.9
2005 Q3 21,234 40 19 1883.8
2005 Q2 20,229 17 5 840.4
2005 Q1 21,743 8 5 367.9
2004 Q4 20,788 12 6 577.3
Show 1 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q3 19,247 12 6 623.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2006 · 2 incidents

January 27, 2006 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Rockhouse Creek Development Corp. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Straightening bolt and slipped forward pulling lower back.

2005 · 2 incidents

September 7, 2005 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Rockhouse Creek Development Corp. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Loading pin plates, pin plates fell on right ring finger, broke finger cut it open.

2004 · 2 incidents

August 18, 2004 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Rockhouse Creek Development Corp. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAITING FOR PINNER TO MOVE UP TO NEXT ROW, HE HAD LEFT FOOT LAID OUT BEHIND HIM WHEN PINNER PULLED UP AND RAN OVER FOOT.

August 10, 2004 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Rockhouse Creek Development Corp. · Struck against stationary object

S/c was leaving miner and cut corner too close and got against rib.

1994 · 2 incidents

July 19, 1994 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Gray Wolf Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

HAD HAIR LINE CRACK IN ROOF FELL ABOUT 18IN THICK PULLED PIN ANCHOR BROKE SEVERAL PINS LATER ON ABOUT 30IN FELL ON 5TOP OF THE INITIAL FALL

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The full compliance file on Graywolfe No. 2

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.

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