Mining Incidents

Mine #33A Coal

B & I Coal Inc · Underground
Controlled by Dennis R Hagerman
Keystone, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608749

Mine #33A has $29K in proposed MSHA penalties and $27K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2002–2003
Latest incident
Feb 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
171
citations
62
significant & substantial
$28,677
proposed penalties
$1,253
paid to date
4% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $27,424 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
69
inspections on record
1,751
inspection hours
9.8
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.
171 citations across 1,751 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mine #33A has $29K in proposed MSHA penalties and $27K 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
$1K
paid to date
$27K
outstanding
164 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-06-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine #33A shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.54 mg/m3 (89% compliant) across 172 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.
0.54
dust avg (mg/m3)
4.64
dust max (mg/m3)
89%
within 1.5 mg/m3
172
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-04-16.
Silica (quartz)
6.4
silica avg (%)
10.1
silica max (%)
15
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-04-01.
Noise
0%
over PEL
16
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-03-24.
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
2003 Q2 1,038 10 3 9633.9
2003 Q1 1,666 10 4 6002.4
2002 Q4 1,014 20 3 19723.9
2002 Q3 2,132 14 4 6566.6
2002 Q2 1,643 5 3 3043.2
2002 Q1 1,211 5 0 4128.8
2001 Q4 1,462 34 11 23255.8
2001 Q3 1,123 26 13 23152.3
Show 6 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q2 2,267 16 10 7057.8
2001 Q1 2,692 8 3 2971.8
2000 Q4 2,972 12 6 4037.7
2000 Q3 2,760 8 1 2898.6
2000 Q2 1,296 2 0 1543.2
2000 Q1 552 1 1 1811.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2003 · 1 incident

February 21, 2003 WV · Coal electrician, lineman

BELT WORK.

2002 · 2 incidents

July 25, 2002 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) OTHER
B & I Coal Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

N/A

July 3, 2002 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
B & I Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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The full compliance file on Mine #33A

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.