Linville Coal Prep Plant has $8K 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
13
Years on record
1983–2006
Latest incident
Oct 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
72
citations
51
significant & substantial
$8,230
proposed penalties
$8,230
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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: 936 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Linville Coal Prep Plant has $8K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
71 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-06-05.
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 Linville Coal Prep Plant shows 100% of 39 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: 2006-06-01, 20 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
39
samples
1.35
dust max (mg/m3)
39 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER14
REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE10
BULLDOZER OPERATOR7
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.
Linville Coal Prep Plant recorded 6.04 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.
Injury rate, 2006
ⓘ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.
6.04
total case rate
6.04
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 4.87 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 5.26 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
2006 *
6.04
6.04
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
7.75
0.00
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
Year
Employees
2006
15
2005
14
2004
13
2003
13
2002
13
2001
10
2000
11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Linville Coal Prep Plant sits in Kanawha County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Kanawha County, West Virginia · Population 178,198
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$58,887
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
2006 Q4
7,343
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
8,165
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
7,605
5
5
657.5
2006 Q1
9,979
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
7,737
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
8,239
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
8,141
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
7,318
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2004 Q4
7,971
2
2
250.9
2004 Q3
6,560
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
8,380
1
0
119.3
2004 Q1
6,785
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
6,125
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
4,898
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
7,631
1
1
131.0
2003 Q1
7,231
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
8,357
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
6,433
6
6
932.7
2002 Q2
7,188
6
1
834.7
2002 Q1
5,146
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
5,213
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
4,831
3
3
621.0
2001 Q2
7,296
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
5,308
8
3
1507.2
2000 Q4
6,883
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
5,983
5
0
835.7
2000 Q2
6,837
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
6,104
2
2
327.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
13 on file
2006 · 1 incident
October 20, 2006WV · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE was using a sledge hammer to break up concrete and felt a sharp pain in his side. Continued to work for 2 more days, but would fill pain when he turned a certain way. Sought medical treatment 5-19-05 and was diagnosed with a strian.
WE WERE CHANGING TO ANOTHER SLURRY HOLE, PUMPS WERE TURNED ON EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING NEXT TO PIPE AND IT BLEW OFF OF WELL HEAD AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE I THE HEAD. SKULL FRACTURE.
1988 · 2 incidents
July 12, 1988WV · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON