Mining Incidents

Kempton Job Coal

Thomas Wv, Preston County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607836

Kempton Job has $55 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1991–2002
Latest incident
May 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1
citations
0
significant & substantial
$55
proposed penalties
$55
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
4
inspections on record
68
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: 68 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Kempton Job has $55 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$55
proposed penalties
$55
current assessed
$55
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-09-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Kempton Job shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.12 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 7 samples.

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.
0.12
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.17
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
7
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-09-20.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 1,770 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,320 1 0 231.5
2000 Q2 3,080 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 5,760 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2002 · 1 incident

May 23, 2002 WV · Coal FIRE
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

EE WAS OPERATING A D-9N DOZER WHEN SMOKE STARTED TO COME INTO THE CAB. HE STOPPED THE DOZER AND USED THE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS TO PUT THE FIRE OUT BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE THOMAS FIRE DEPT WAS C ALLED TO PUT OUT THE FIRE.

1999 · 2 incidents

August 24, 1999 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

5% AWARD FROM WV OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS BOARD.

June 29, 1999 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE CALLED THE SHOP TO HAVE A MECHANIC COME TO THE JOB SITE TO ADJUST HIS CLUTCH. HE WAS TOLD THAT SOMEONE WOULD BE ON THE THEIR WAY. WITHOUT WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO ADJUST THE CLUTCH, HE MOVED THE TRUCK-JUMPED OUT-AND THE TRUCK UPSET.

1998 · 3 incidents

October 14, 1998 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STEPPED DOWN OFF HIS LOADER AS HE HAVE ALWAYS DONE IN THE PAST AND FELT SEVERE PAIN IN HIS LEFT LEG.

June 10, 1998 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM HIS LOADER WHEN HE BUMPED HIS LEFT KNEE.

March 2, 1998 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS CLIMBING UP THE LADDER TO HIS TRUCK WHEN HE LOST HIS HANDHOLD AND FELL BACKWARDS TO THE GROUND, LANDING ON HIS BACKSIDE.

1997 · 3 incidents

October 31, 1997 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

GPF-5% AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMPENSATION.

October 13, 1997 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GPF-14.30% AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMPENSATION.

September 17, 1997 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GPF-19.25% AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMPENSATION.

1994 · 1 incident

July 6, 1994 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS RIDING ON PLATFORM OF HAY MULCHER WHERE PERSON WOULD STAND TO FEED HAY INTO MULCHER AND WAS DRAGGING HIS FEET ON ROAD SURFACE. HIS FOOT CAUGHT ON A LARGE ROCK IN HAUL ROAD AND WHEEL ON MULCHER CAUGHT HIS FOOT DRAGGING HIM UNDER THE WHEEL OF THE MULCHER. EE S LEGS WERE DRUG IN FRONT OF TIRE FOR APPROX. 5 FEET AND THEN WHEEL RAN OVER BOTH LEGS BRUISE TO BOTH LEGS.

1991 · 1 incident

July 17, 1991 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS GETTING UP ON LOADER USING LADDER & HANDRAIL. WHEN HE PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

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The full compliance file on Kempton Job

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.