Hartridge Surface Mine has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $9K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2023
Latest incident
Jun 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
31
citations
11
significant & substantial
$20,296
proposed penalties
$11,737
paid to date
58% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8,559 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.
Rate withheld: 357 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Hartridge Surface Mine has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $9K 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$9K
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-06-20.
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.
MSHA sampling at Hartridge Surface Mine shows 100% of 41 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: 2023-08-22, 3 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
41
samples
0.70
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.
25 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 16 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.
Hartridge Surface Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2021.
Injury rate, 2021
ⓘ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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.35 and the all-US-mining average was 2.19 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 3.83 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.
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
5
2,535
2022
6
12,261
2021
10
11,952
2020
0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Hartridge Surface Mine sits in Randolph County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 2.6% 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.
Randolph County, West Virginia · Population 27,782
2.6%
Mining share of county employment
$55,057
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
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q3
0
0
0
2024 Q2
0
0
0
2024 Q1
0
0
0
2023 Q4
0
0
0
2023 Q3
576
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
4,059
2
0
492.7
2023 Q1
5,196
1
0
192.5
2022 Q4
537
1
1
1862.2
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2022 Q3
4,027
1
0
248.3
2022 Q2
3,327
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
4,991
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
6,938
11
8
1585.5
2021 Q3
5,685
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
6,103
5
0
819.3
2021 Q1
3,548
6
2
1691.1
2020 Q4
0
0
0
2020 Q3
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2023 · 2 incidents
June 13, 2023WV · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Operators feet slipped/missed step while descending the steps of a articulated dump truck. Truck was parked on level ground in dry conditions on a sunny day. Factory hand railing and steps in place and in proper condition. Operator had "pump knot" on forehead.
At approximately 11:45AM Monday March 6, 2023 ambers from a burn pile caught dry leaves on fire at the Hartridge Surface Mine. We got 4-5 guys with shovels and used a dozer to contain and extinguish the fire. It burned for about an hour. Calls were made to both MSHA and MHS&T. We do have a current burn permit that was issued on Feb. 28 2023 by the US Forest Service