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.
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.
Of $693 in penalties contested before the Commission, $638 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-05-26.
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.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
6citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Settled
6 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
8%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$693 proposed, $638 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2009-10-16.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at Midland Trail No. 1 Plant shows 99% of 140 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: 2012-07-31, 14 years ago
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
140
samples
1.97
dust max (mg/m3)
71 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 69 by the operator.
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.
Midland Trail No. 1 Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.
Injury rate, 2008
ⓘ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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 4.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 4.91 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
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
7.66
7.66
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
2015
0
2014
0
2013
0
2011
0
2010
4
2009
6
2008
12
2007
30
2006
17
2005
0
2004
16
2003
3
2002
9
2001
15
2000
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Midland Trail No. 1 Plant sits in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.7% 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.
Greenbrier County, West Virginia · Population 32,688
1.7%
Mining share of county employment
$48,662
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
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
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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
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
4,788
4
1
835.4
2009 Q2
3,172
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
5,645
3
2
531.4
2008 Q4
5,968
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
5,320
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
6,252
2
0
319.9
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
6
2
684.5
2006 Q4
12,820
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
14,375
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
7,299
14
9
1918.1
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
7
2
348.4
2004 Q1
8,542
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
3,484
5
3
1435.1
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
3
3
580.9
2002 Q2
7,032
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
8,356
13
5
1555.8
2001 Q4
8,160
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
3,500
7
1
2000.0
2001 Q2
3,463
2
0
577.5
2001 Q1
10,994
10
4
909.6
2000 Q4
1,260
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
3,204
5
4
1560.5
2000 Q2
3,080
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
5,913
3
3
507.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
2004 · 1 incident
July 31, 2004WV · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
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, 2003WV · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorELECTRICAL
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.
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, 2001WV · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
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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