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Midland Trail No. 1 Plant Coal

Controlled by John B Preece
Rupert, Greenbrier County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608783

Midland Trail No. 1 Plant has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1999–2004
Latest incident
Jul 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
142
citations
60
significant & substantial
$13,754
proposed penalties
$9,960
paid to date
72% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,794 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
69
inspections on record
1,524
inspection hours
9.3
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.
142 citations across 1,524 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Midland Trail No. 1 Plant has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 4 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
141 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-05-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at Midland Trail No. 1 Plant shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.49 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 140 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.
0.49
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.97
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
140
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-07-31.
Silica (quartz)
4.7
silica avg (%)
16.2
silica max (%)
8
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-07-14.
Noise
8%
over PEL
26
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-10-15.
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
2015 Q2 0 1 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 1 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
Show 44 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 1,919 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,883 2 1 340.0
2010 Q1 5,286 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,797 3 0 790.1
2009 Q3 4,788 10 2 2088.6
2009 Q2 3,172 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 5,645 4 2 708.6
2008 Q4 5,968 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 5,320 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,252 6 2 959.7
2008 Q1 12,324 1 0 81.1
2007 Q4 14,739 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 15,127 1 0 66.1
2007 Q2 15,318 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 8,765 7 2 798.6
2006 Q4 12,820 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 14,375 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 7,299 22 16 3014.1
2006 Q1 13,621 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 0 1 0
2005 Q1 0 1 1
2004 Q4 1,323 1 1 755.9
2004 Q3 2,142 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 20,091 9 2 448.0
2004 Q1 8,542 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,484 10 4 2870.3
2003 Q2 150 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 550 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 550 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,164 6 5 1161.9
2002 Q2 7,032 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 8,356 16 8 1914.8
2001 Q4 8,160 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,500 9 1 2571.4
2001 Q2 3,463 2 0 577.5
2001 Q1 10,994 15 5 1364.4
2000 Q4 1,260 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,204 7 4 2184.8
2000 Q2 3,080 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 5,913 4 4 676.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2004 · 1 incident

July 31, 2004 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
New River Mining Company, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured hooked a chain falt to a trolley, he then proceeded to hook a chain to a pipe section. As he put tension on the chain, the trolley slid off of the end of the I-beam, due to a lack of a stop being at the end of the beam; the trolley struck him on the head, knocking off his hard hat, causing a laceration.

2003 · 1 incident

October 27, 2003 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
New River Mining Company, Inc. · Flash burns (electric)

LATCHES ON BREAKER DOOR WERE NOT TURNED ALL THE WAY. WHEN BREAKER WAS RESET THE BREAKER BLEW UP. DOOR BLEW OPEN BURNING HIS FACE, NECK HANDS AND 6-8 INCHES ON ARMS. 480 V BREAKER.

2002 · 1 incident

July 16, 2002 WV · Coal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Raders Run Mining Llc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TALKING TO LOADER OPERATOR, DISCUSSING HOW COOL THE AIR WAS COMING OUT OF THE VENT - STICKING HIS RT HAND IN THE VENT HOLE - 1ST 2 FINGERS CAME IN CONTACT WITH FAN BLADE CAUSING LACERAT ION.

2001 · 1 incident

November 27, 2001 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Raders Run Mining Llc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING SCREENS IN VIBRATER. MASHED MIDDLE FINGER WITH SCREW DRIVER. 12 INCHES LONG.

1999 · 2 incidents

August 3, 1999 WV · Coal MACHINERY
Princess Polly Anna Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAS JUST FINISHED TIGHTENING TRACK WHEN VICTIM WALKED BETWEEN BUCKET & TRACK. BUCKET WAS SETTIN G ON SLOPE ABOVE ESCAVATOR. APPARENTLY BUCKET HAD LEAKED OFF ENOUGH TO SLIDE DOWN SLOPE MASHING VICTIM'S LEG AGAINST TRACK.

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