Mining Incidents

McMillion Creek Mine #4 Coal

Controlled by Perry Queener
Calvin, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609255

McMillion Creek Mine #4 has $3K 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
1
Years on record
2009
Latest incident
Nov 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
23
citations
8
significant & substantial
$2,704
proposed penalties
$2,704
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
14
inspections on record
352
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: 352 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

McMillion Creek Mine #4 has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-08-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at McMillion Creek Mine #4 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.26 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 32 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.
0.26
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.71
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
32
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-05-15.
Silica (quartz)
24.0
silica avg (%)
24.0
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-04-30.
Noise
0%
over PEL
20
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-05-14.
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
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 825 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 784 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 943 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,051 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,049 2 2 976.1
2011 Q2 2,622 0 0 0.0
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q1 2,982 2 1 670.7
2010 Q4 2,014 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,475 2 0 575.5
2010 Q2 3,811 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,486 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,535 4 1 1131.5
2009 Q3 4,086 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 5,172 6 2 1160.1
2009 Q1 5,715 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 5,638 1 0 177.4
2008 Q3 5,497 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 0 6 2
2008 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2009 · 1 incident

November 4, 2009 WV · Coal rotary bucket excavator operator MACHINERY
Eagle Ridge Development Group LLC · Struck by flying object

Operator was assisting dozer with moving a large rock. He grabbed the rock with the bucket on a small corner of the rock. With subsequent pulling, a section of the rock broke off and flew through the windshield of the excavator, striking him in the hands and left knee.

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