Hernshaw 14A Mine has $32K in proposed MSHA penalties and $26K 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
2004–2005
Latest incident
Dec 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
257
citations
97
significant & substantial
$32,172
proposed penalties
$5,794
paid to date
18% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $26,378 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.
257 citations across 1,849 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Hernshaw 14A Mine has $32K in proposed MSHA penalties and $26K 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.
$32K
proposed penalties
$32K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$26K
outstanding
245 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-09-14.
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 Hernshaw 14A Mine shows 87% of 240 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: 2006-06-09, 20 years ago
87%
within 1.5 mg/m3
240
samples
11.43
dust max (mg/m3)
130 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 110 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.
Hernshaw 14A Mine recorded 11.38 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005.
Injury rate, 2005
ⓘ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.
11.38
total case rate
11.38
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 5.11 and the all-US-mining average was 4.21 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 5.85 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)
2008
0
2007
0
2006
9
17,263
2005
26
69,437
2004
13
25,561
2003
19
93,227
2002
23
41,256
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Hernshaw 14A Mine sits in Boone County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 10.1% 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.
Boone County, West Virginia · Population 21,312
10.1%
Mining share of county employment
$56,152
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
2008 Q2
0
0
0
2008 Q1
0
0
0
2007 Q4
0
0
0
2007 Q3
0
5
3
2007 Q2
0
1
0
2007 Q1
0
3
1
2006 Q4
0
0
0
2006 Q3
0
1
0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2006 Q1
11,988
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
13,606
22
6
1616.9
2005 Q3
13,192
31
12
2349.9
2005 Q2
13,534
27
13
1995.0
2005 Q1
12,406
18
8
1450.9
2004 Q4
13,604
11
8
808.6
2004 Q3
3,830
2
0
522.2
2004 Q2
90
2
0
22222.2
2004 Q1
90
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
72
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
17,340
14
3
807.4
2003 Q1
14,920
14
5
938.3
2002 Q2
13,279
9
1
677.8
2002 Q1
4,044
10
6
2472.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2005 · 3 incidents
December 21, 2005WV · Coaldiscontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Employee was on operator side of bolter. He tried to pull some loose draw rock using the ATRS. The rock broke loose and fell on his left hand cutting index, middle and ring finger. The rock broke when hiting the bolter and knocked him down.
August 10, 2005WV · Coalbelt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was going to make an electrical exam of pump starter box at the surface pond. As he stepped over the embankment he lost his feeling and slid down the embankment and flipped over a log coming to rest on the ground. He was stating that his back and hip area were hurting. Co-worker called for emergency services and he was transported to an area hospital.
2004 · 2 incidents
November 8, 2004WV · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
Ee was installing roof bolts from the offside of the bolter. After drilling a hole he was installing a bolt. He said that he put the bolt up in the hole. He had his right hand on the bolt, he was reaching for control levers & he said that he slipped & engaged the rotation lever pulling him against the bolter. He was complaining that his right arm was hurting.
October 19, 2004WV · Coaldiscontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
J & M Resources, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
While attempting to remove a rock from feeder his left hand was struck by rock catching it between rock and feeder, resulting in fingers being injured.
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