Midland Coal
Beechwood Coal, LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Faith Ritchie; Jody L Ritchie
Midland,
Allegany County,
MD
·
Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 1800816
Midland has $596 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
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2023
4
citations
0
significant & substantial
$596
proposed penalties
$596
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2022
10
inspections on record
167
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 167 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Midland has $596 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$596
proposed penalties
$596
current assessed
$596
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Midland shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.14 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 28 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.0.14
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.53
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
28
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-06-03.
Silica (quartz)
15.9
silica avg (%)
22.2
silica max (%)
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-06-09.
Noise
0%
over PEL
11
samples
Most recent sample: 2024-12-11.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q2 | 2,097 | 2 | 0 | 953.7 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,339 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 2,225 | 1 | 0 | 449.4 |
| 2024 Q3 | 2,500 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 1,630 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 451 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 390 | 1 | 0 | 2564.1 |
| 2023 Q2 | 1,909 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 1,977 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 1,808 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,947 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 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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