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: 461 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Isaacs Run HWM has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 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
$2K
paid to date
$60
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-03-18.
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 Isaacs Run HWM shows 96% of 49 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: 2008-05-06, 18 years ago
96%
within 1.5 mg/m3
49
samples
1.76
dust max (mg/m3)
35 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 14 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
BELT MAN/CONVEYOR MAN16
AUGER OPERATOR13
HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER6
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.
Isaacs Run HWM recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.
Injury rate, 2007
ⓘ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
Below average. The US coal mining average was 4.71 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 5.00 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
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
7.85
0.00
0.000
2004 *
13.20
6.60
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)
2008
5
21,090
2007
12
294,235
2006
20
897,481
2005
22
931,873
2004
21
1,070,654
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Isaacs Run HWM sits in Barbour County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.8% 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.
Barbour County, West Virginia · Population 15,454
6.8%
Mining share of county employment
$48,347
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 Q3
0
0
0
2008 Q2
3,728
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
1,384
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
2,591
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
2,128
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
3,981
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
11,544
1
1
86.6
2006 Q4
5,813
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2006 Q3
9,966
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
14,956
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
11,494
4
0
348.0
2005 Q4
8,844
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
13,194
8
2
606.3
2005 Q2
13,741
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
15,194
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
15,298
1
0
65.4
2004 Q3
16,072
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
15,048
1
0
66.5
2004 Q1
14,198
2
0
140.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
2005 · 2 incidents
July 26, 2005WV · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was removing a loader fork bar. When he unhooked a 2" clevis he was using to pull the bar out the clevis swung down and pinched his left middle finger. This caused a bruise under the fingernail.
Employee was splicing a 995 volt cable. The utility knife he was using slipped and lacerated the end of his left little finger. The laceration required one stitch.
2004 · 4 incidents
December 13, 2004WV · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Employee came to work with Dr's excuse & a prescription for Cecebrex & Vikaden. Foreman told employee he could not operate equipment while on Vikaden. Employee stated that he went to Dr. for pain in his shoulder, wrist and right foot. He also stated tha his right foot was still giving him problems. The Dr. wrote to not use right foot on pedal that Miner Operator has to use.
August 17, 2004WV · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
WHILE PULLING OUT OF #18 HOLE (WEST PIT, X-SEAM), EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING THE CAR PIN. THE PIN BEING STUCK OR IN A BIND, THE EMPLOYEE MOTIONED FOR THE LOADER OPERATOR TO BUMP THE CAR. THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND WAS ON THE PIN WHILE LOADER MAN BUMPED THE CAR CAUSING HIS RIGHT THUMB TO BE MASHED BETWEEN PIN HANDLE AND THE CAR FRAME.
February 11, 2004WV · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS