Holden No 22 Surface Mine has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $588 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1996–2002
Latest incident
Aug 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
43
citations
38
significant & substantial
$7,134
proposed penalties
$6,546
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $588 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: 427 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Holden No 22 Surface Mine has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $588 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$588
outstanding
43 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-03-22.
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 Holden No 22 Surface Mine shows 90% of 58 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: 2002-02-21, 24 years ago
90%
within 1.5 mg/m3
58
samples
2.06
dust max (mg/m3)
25 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 33 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.
Holden No 22 Surface Mine recorded 7.35 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.
Injury rate, 2002
ⓘ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.
7.35
total case rate
3.67
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 6.89 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 9.17 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.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2002 *
7.35
3.67
0.000
2001
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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)
2004
18
2003
20
2002
24
114,212
2001
50
424,894
2000
36
505,586
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Holden No 22 Surface Mine sits in Logan County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.6% 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.
Logan County, West Virginia · Population 31,826
6.6%
Mining share of county employment
$47,237
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
2004 Q1
8,179
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
0
0
0
2003 Q2
25,816
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
17,245
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
0
0
0
2002 Q3
16,666
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
19,408
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
18,383
2
0
108.8
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2001 Q4
29,591
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
28,000
13
13
464.3
2001 Q2
25,458
2
1
78.6
2001 Q1
25,805
12
12
465.0
2000 Q4
23,023
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
20,758
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
20,730
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
15,056
1
0
66.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
12 on file
2002 · 3 incidents
August 14, 2002WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rio Group Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
STEPPING OFF PUSH ARM ON DOZER, LEFT FOOT HOOKED IN TREAD PLATE AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE. EXPECTED TO RETURN ON 8/23.
July 1, 2002WV · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rio Group Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
WET & RAINY CONDITIONS. SLIPPED & HIT HEAD.
April 8, 2002WV · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHEN EE WAS DISMOUNTING COAL TRUCK HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM ATTACHED LADDER. THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL BACKWARD ONTO THE GROUND. THUS, RESULTING IN CONTUSIONS TO HIS RIGHT SIDE & A FRACTURE TO HIS RIGHT ARM.
AS TRUCK WAS CLIMBING HILL TO DUMP HIS LOAD TRUCK CAME OUT OF GEAR AND DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH BRAKESTO HOLD ON HILL, DRIVER STATED HE TRIED TO GET IT IN REVERSE BUT COULDN'T, LOST CONTROL AND WENT OVER EMBANKMENT.
1998 · 1 incident
January 15, 1998WV · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING THE WINDOWS ON THE 600 LOADER, OPERATOR STEPPED FROM THE DECK ONTO THE FENDER OF THE MACHINE. DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS THE EQUIPMENT SURFACES WERE WET. OPERATOR S F EET SLIPPED RESULTING IN A FALL OFF THE EQUIPMENT. OPERATOR LANDED ON RIGHT SITE WITH ARM UNDER HIM.
1997 · 5 incidents
July 15, 1997WV · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING DOZER, PUSHING ROCK IN PREVIOUSLY SHOT MATERIAL,TRYING TO CORNER SOME BIG ROCKS OUT OF THE WAY. GOT A LARGE ROCK CAUGHT UNDER THE BLADE-RAISED THE BACK OF THE DOZER-ROCK SLIPPED-REAR OF DOZER ELL BACK TO ROUND-JOLTING HIS LOWER BACK.
June 19, 1997WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS MOVING OIL DRUMS ON 12/23/96 WHEN HE INJURED LOWER BACK. EE CONTINUED TO WORK AND DID NOT REPORT INJURY UNTIL 12/30/96 WHEN HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT.