Little Creek Dock has $29K in proposed MSHA penalties and $604 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
1987–2014
Latest incident
Dec 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
83
citations
26
significant & substantial
$29,426
proposed penalties
$28,822
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $604 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.
83 citations across 1,110 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2022-09-15.
On record since 2022.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Little Creek Dock has $29K in proposed MSHA penalties and $604 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.
$29K
proposed penalties
$29K
current assessed
$29K
paid to date
$604
outstanding
82 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-30.
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 Little Creek Dock shows 100% of 98 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: 2026-06-24
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
98
samples
0.64
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
ⓘThe excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
93 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 5 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER32
BULLDOZER OPERATOR22
TIPPLE OPERATOR11
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
2
2025
2
2024
3
2023
3
2022
5
2016
2
2015
6
2014
6
2013
5
2012
5
2011
6
2010
7
2009
7
2008
7
2007
17
2006
6
2005
0
2004
1
2003
7
2002
6
2001
2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Little Creek Dock 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
THE INJURED WAS INSIDE HIS PARKED MACK REFUSE TRUCK,UNDER THE REUGE BIN,LOADING HIS TRUCK,WHEN AN UNOCCUPIED -PARKED CAT TRUCK RAN OFF AND STRUCK THE REFUGE TRUCK IN THE LEFT FRONT.THERE WAS S UBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH TRUCKS AND THE DRIVER RECEIVED A LACERATED LEFT THUMB WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES TO CLOSE.
June 12, 1991WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techDUST DISEASE OF LUNGS