Horse Creek Mine 2 Coal
Rayco, LLC
· Underground
Controlled by
Brandon Bishop
Panther,
Mcdowell County,
WV
·
Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4609340
Horse Creek Mine 2 has $422K in proposed MSHA penalties and $417K outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
451
citations
121
significant & substantial
$422,415
proposed penalties
$2,845
paid to date
1% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $419,570 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
51
inspections on record
2,182
inspection hours
20.7
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.451 citations across 2,182 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Horse Creek Mine 2 has $422K in proposed MSHA penalties and $417K outstanding across 8 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$422K
proposed penalties
$420K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$417K
outstanding
439 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-10-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Horse Creek Mine 2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.50 mg/m3 (95% compliant) across 114 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.0.50
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.82
dust max (mg/m3)
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
114
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-10-24.
Silica (quartz)
4.6
silica avg (%)
7.4
silica max (%)
13
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-11-05.
Noise
5%
over PEL
19
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-10-24.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Q4 | 3,000 | 14 | 0 | 4666.7 |
| 2019 Q3 | 2,885 | 6 | 0 | 2079.7 |
| 2019 Q2 | 1,820 | 17 | 4 | 9340.7 |
| 2018 Q4 | 1,800 | 11 | 2 | 6111.1 |
| 2018 Q2 | 3,325 | 19 | 2 | 5714.3 |
| 2018 Q1 | 2,928 | 7 | 1 | 2390.7 |
| 2017 Q4 | 1,080 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 1,697 | 49 | 14 | 28874.5 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Q4 | 1,760 | 36 | 11 | 20454.5 |
| 2012 Q3 | 408 | 40 | 8 | 98039.2 |
| 2012 Q2 | 1,140 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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The full compliance file on Horse Creek Mine 2
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.