Mining Incidents

Left Fork No. 1 Deep Mine Coal

ICG Eastern LLC · Underground
Tioga, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4609373

Left Fork No. 1 Deep Mine has $7K 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
2
Years on record
2011–2012
Latest incident
Feb 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
34
citations
3
significant & substantial
$7,077
proposed penalties
$7,077
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
15
inspections on record
652
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: 652 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Left Fork No. 1 Deep Mine has $7K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-01-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Left Fork No. 1 Deep Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.33 mg/m3 (98% compliant) across 48 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.
0.33
dust avg (mg/m3)
4.08
dust max (mg/m3)
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
48
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-02-03.
Silica (quartz)
5.5
silica avg (%)
8.1
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-02-06.
Noise
25%
over PEL
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-09-01.
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
2012 Q3 1,300 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,339 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 19,688 15 0 761.9
2011 Q4 23,008 7 0 304.2
2011 Q3 19,675 11 3 559.1
2011 Q2 17,090 1 0 58.5
2011 Q1 7,441 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2012 · 1 incident

February 2, 2012 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
ICG Eastern LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Occupational Pneumoconiosis Award

2011 · 1 incident

September 17, 2011 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
ICG Eastern LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was adjusting the drill pot on the operators side of the roof bolt machine, when he asked his helper to raise the boom to see if it was level. Employee's fingers where caught in the pinch point resulting in stitches to the ring and little finger on his left hand

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The full compliance file on Left Fork No. 1 Deep 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.