Mining Incidents

Hampshire Hill Strip Coal

Duckworth Coal Inc · Surface
Controlled by Jody L Ritchie
Keyser, Mineral County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4602570

Hampshire Hill Strip 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
5
Years on record
1984–2005
Latest incident
Jan 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
20
citations
7
significant & substantial
$1,884
proposed penalties
$1,884
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
23
inspections on record
311
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: 311 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hampshire Hill Strip 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
19 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-07-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Hampshire Hill Strip shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.16 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 21 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.
0.16
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.71
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
21
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-10-17.
Noise
0%
over PEL
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-10-17.
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
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 1,156 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,508 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,671 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,681 0 0 0.0
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q4 3,039 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,972 2 0 1014.2
2005 Q2 1,752 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,608 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,720 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,717 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,754 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,343 3 3 2233.8
2003 Q4 1,706 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,536 5 2 3255.2
2003 Q2 1,633 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,639 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,734 3 1 1730.1
2002 Q3 1,795 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,497 6 1 4008.0
2002 Q1 1,146 1 0 872.6
2001 Q4 2,414 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,602 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,666 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2005 · 1 incident

January 19, 2005 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Duckworth Coal Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee was cleaning a ditch line to a pond with a D-5 dozer. He was attempting to move a caustic soda feed line to prevent damaging it with dozer. While attempting to move the line, the line broke and sprayed caustic into his face.

1998 · 1 incident

December 22, 1998 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Masteller Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRUCK DRIVER TRYED TO LATCH TAILGATE AND BROKE HIS FINGER.

1990 · 1 incident

March 28, 1990 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Masteller Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRUCK ON SIDE OF ROAD, THROTTLE STUCK WENT TO TRY TO RELEASE IT, LOOKE DUP GOING IN BACK OF TRUCK PINNED HIM IN CAB

1986 · 1 incident

June 20, 1986 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Masteller Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS STRIPPI3G WITH A DOZER. COMING BACK OFF OF SPOIL, DROPPED INTO OLD MINE WORKING

1984 · 1 incident

March 21, 1984 WV · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Masteller Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WAS KNOCKING OUT PILLAR BLOCK BEARING ON DRAGLINE - FRAGMENT OF BEARING PENETRATED A RIGHT ARM

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The full compliance file on Hampshire Hill Strip

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.