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Hominy #1 Surface Mine: 15 MSHA citations Coal

Controlled by Corbin Robertson III
Leivasy, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4609540

Hominy #1 Surface Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $494 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2019
Latest incident
Aug 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
15
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,871
proposed penalties
$1,377
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $494 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Quinwood Coal Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
25
inspections on record
411
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: 411 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hominy #1 Surface Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $494 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
$1K
paid to date
$494
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-03-15.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
26.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 40.0% low, 60.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Hominy #1 Surface Mine shows 100% of 55 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: 2022-11-08, 3 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
55
samples
1.07
dust max (mg/m3)
1
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.
26 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 29 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR30
  • HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR11
  • BACKHOE OPERATOR4

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2021-03-19, 5 years ago
14.9
silica avg (%)
5
samples
40.7
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR3
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR2
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

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.

Last sampled: 2021-03-10, 5 years ago
0%
over PEL
12
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR4
  • BACKHOE OPERATOR2
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE2
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2022 100% 4
2021 100% 12
2020 100% 14
2019 100% 25
Silica (quartz) by year
Year silica avg (%) samples
2021 6.9 1
2020 12.7 2
2019 21.2 2
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2021 0% 5
2020 0% 2
2019 0% 5
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Hominy #1 Surface Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2019.

Injury rate, 2019
ⓘ 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 3.39 and the all-US-mining average was 2.32 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 4.51 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.
Ownership history
  1. Quinwood Coal Company, LLC 2017 to 2018
  2. Harlowe MIA Mining Corp. 2018 to 2019
  3. Quinwood Coal Company 2019 to present
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)
2023 4
2022 5
2021 5 4,373
2020 6 18,796
2019 18 148,328
2018 6 477
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Hominy #1 Surface Mine sits in Nicholas County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.1% 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.
Nicholas County, West Virginia · Population 24,446
6.1%
Mining share of county employment
$49,280
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
2023 Q4 719 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,945 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,229 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,804 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,927 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,053 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,126 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,032 1 0 329.8
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q4 3,030 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,363 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,037 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,470 4 0 1619.4
2020 Q4 2,878 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,953 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,182 2 0 478.2
2020 Q1 1,845 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 8,000 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 13,880 2 0 144.1
2019 Q2 9,308 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 6,968 2 0 287.0
2018 Q4 2,570 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2019 · 1 incident

August 20, 2019 WV · Coal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Quinwood Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

Loading out shot rock while picking up large rock it broke in 2 causing the loader to bounce jarring operator.