Mining Incidents

Laurita Surface Mine Coal

Controlled by Joseph A Laurita
Everettville, Monongalia County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609408

Laurita Surface Mine has $944 in proposed MSHA penalties and $27 outstanding across 0 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 2013
9
citations
1
significant & substantial
$944
proposed penalties
$917
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $27 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
11
inspections on record
239
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: 239 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Laurita Surface Mine has $944 in proposed MSHA penalties and $27 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.
$944
proposed penalties
$944
current assessed
$917
paid to date
$27
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-08-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Laurita Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.10 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 10 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.
0.10
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.34
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2017-08-22.
Noise
0%
over PEL
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-11-10.
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
2015 Q4 290 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 660 1 0 1515.2
2015 Q2 380 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 545 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 775 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 841 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 925 2 0 2162.2
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q3 965 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 905 3 0 3314.9
2013 Q1 745 0 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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