Mining Incidents

Lane Ridge Surface Mine Coal

Nesco Inc · Surface
Controlled by William E Nesselrotte
Sago, Upshur County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609000

Lane Ridge Surface Mine has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Lane Ridge Surface Mine.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2007–2013
Latest incident
May 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
66
citations
33
significant & substantial
$25,651
proposed penalties
$19,443
paid to date
76% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,208 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
26
inspections on record
654
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: 654 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Lane Ridge Surface Mine has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 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.
$26K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
66 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-08-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Lane Ridge Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.22 mg/m3 (98% compliant) across 64 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.
0.22
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.51
dust max (mg/m3)
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
64
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-08-25.
Silica (quartz)
16.2
silica avg (%)
20.1
silica max (%)
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-03-21.
Noise
0%
over PEL
34
samples
Most recent sample: 2013-12-17.
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
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
Show 41 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 3,097 1 0 322.9
2014 Q2 4,895 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,304 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 5,165 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,126 10 7 1950.8
2013 Q2 5,531 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4,407 4 1 907.6
2012 Q4 1,106 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,798 18 9 4739.3
2012 Q2 4,526 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,552 3 1 659.1
2011 Q4 3,966 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 5,170 13 10 2514.5
2011 Q2 5,325 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,216 4 1 948.8
2010 Q4 4,043 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,476 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,728 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,041 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 460 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 810 2 0 2469.1
2009 Q2 3,467 4 2 1153.7
2009 Q1 4,305 1 0 232.3
2008 Q4 4,281 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,926 2 1 406.0
2008 Q2 3,920 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,153 3 1 722.4
2007 Q4 4,770 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,982 1 0 200.7
2007 Q2 4,308 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,243 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,033 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,858 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2013 · 1 incident

May 13, 2013 WV · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Nesco Inc · Struck by falling object

Shoveling coal out from under portable coal crusher, when a lump of coal (size of a softball) fell off crusher and hit lower left side of the employees back. He continued to work the rest of the day. He refused to go to doctor.

2007 · 1 incident

July 23, 2007 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nesco Inc · Fall from machine

Operator fell from ladder while exiting 769c Rock truck scraping arm and complaining of back pain.

For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants

The full compliance file on Lane Ridge Surface Mine

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.