Mining Incidents

Mine No 1 Coal

Controlled by Darvin Rowe
Bradshaw, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606850

Mine No 1 has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $9K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
21
Years on record
1985–2002
Latest incident
Jul 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
168
citations
41
significant & substantial
$13,665
proposed penalties
$4,372
paid to date
32% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $9,293 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
63
inspections on record
2,046
inspection hours
8.2
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.
168 citations across 2,046 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mine No 1 has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $9K 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$9K
outstanding
166 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-08-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine No 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.58 mg/m3 (94% compliant) across 269 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.
0.58
dust avg (mg/m3)
7.71
dust max (mg/m3)
94%
within 1.5 mg/m3
269
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-06-08.
Silica (quartz)
7.7
silica avg (%)
27.2
silica max (%)
15
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-01-10.
Noise
0%
over PEL
12
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-12-10.
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
2007 Q1 0 1 0
2006 Q4 720 2 0 2777.8
2006 Q3 2,024 1 0 494.1
2006 Q2 1,841 8 3 4345.5
2006 Q1 2,294 8 3 3487.4
2005 Q4 1,064 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,510 3 0 1195.2
2005 Q1 1,587 2 0 1260.2
Show 18 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q4 520 2 0 3846.2
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q3 0 1 0
2003 Q2 1,678 13 2 7747.3
2003 Q1 1,833 2 0 1091.1
2002 Q4 2,655 5 2 1883.2
2002 Q3 1,625 9 5 5538.5
2002 Q2 1,785 6 2 3361.3
2002 Q1 2,973 4 3 1345.4
2001 Q4 2,655 8 5 3013.2
2001 Q3 1,193 14 3 11735.1
2001 Q2 3,063 18 2 5876.6
2001 Q1 4,004 13 2 3246.8
2000 Q4 2,959 16 1 5407.2
2000 Q3 2,628 12 3 4566.2
2000 Q2 3,587 12 1 3345.4
2000 Q1 3,712 7 4 1885.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

21 on file

2002 · 3 incidents

July 22, 2002 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Keith Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL ONE BREAK LEFT OF SPAD 56 IN #2 ENTRY STARTING AT INTERSECTION APPROX. 25 FT TOWARDS THE SECTION. THICKNESS 5 APPROX 18 INCH TO 36 INCH.

June 20, 2002 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Keith Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS BURNING TRASH AND WAS BENT DOWN TO PICK UP SOME PLASTIC DRINING WATER BOTTLES NEXT TO THE FIRE WENT APPARNTLY A CAN EXPLODED OUT OF THE FIRE WHICH CAUSED BURNS TO HIS FACE NECK AND RIGH T EAR AND HE FELL BACKWARDS AND FRACTURED TO SMALL BONE IN HIS LOWER RIGHT LEG.

April 3, 2002 WV · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
Keith Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING THE MANTRIP GOING TO THE SECTION AT THE START OF THE SHIFT, WHEN THE FRONT WHEEL APPARENTLY HIT A SMALL ROCK IN THE ROAD AND CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO SPIN AND JERKED HIS ARM RATHER QUICKLY RESULTING IN A PAIN THAT HE FELT UP HIS RT. ARM. HE WORKED THE REST OF THE SHIFT, THEN WENT TO THE DR. 4-4-02.

2000 · 1 incident

May 15, 2000 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Keith Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

EMPLOYEES WERE PILLARING AND HAD PULLED INTO A FRESH BLOCK AND GOT 1 LEFT HAND LIFT AND THEN LOADED 3 CAR ON RIGHT LIFT, WHEN THE TOP STARTEDWORKING AND THE MEN LEFT THE MINER; THEN THE TOP FELL IN FROM A LARGE SLIP IN TOP COVERING THE MINER COMPLETELY.

1998 · 3 incidents

August 11, 1998 WV · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keith Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PULLING ROCK OUT OF THE FEEDER AND PULLEDSOMETHING IN HIS ARM.

August 7, 1998 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keith Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS WORKING AS A MINER HELPER PULLING MINER CABLE IN WET, DAMP CONDITIONS. AS HE WAS PULLINGTHE CABLE HE STRAINED HIS BACK. THE PAIN PROGRESSED THROUGHOUT THE SHIFT WHICH IT STARTED OUT MILDY

May 29, 1998 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Keith Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

WENT TO START BELT AND BELT WAS FOULED UP AND WOULDNT MOVE. CRAWLED BELT LINE AND ABOUT 400 FT INBY DRIFT I FOUND THE ROCK FALL IN 1 BELT.

1997 · 3 incidents

December 5, 1997 WV · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Keith Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

GOING THRU A CHECK CURTAIN SOMETHING CAME OFF THE CURTAIN HITTING HIM IN THE LEFT EYE.

April 18, 1997 WV · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keith Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MEN WAS WORKING ON A BELT DRIVE, REPLACING THE BOTTOM FRONT ROLLER ,EE BEGAN PULLING THE ROLLER THREW THE DRIVE, WHEN IT SLIPPED CUTTING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE ROLLER & THE FRAME OF THE DRIVE

February 6, 1997 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keith Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

WAS PUTTING A PUMP MOTOR ON THE 245 MINER AND PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

1996 · 2 incidents

May 13, 1996 WV · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator POWERED HAULAGE
Keith Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING A 270 MOTOR HAULIGN COAL TO THE DUMPING POINT. MOTOR BOUNCED HIM AGAINST THE DECK OF THE MOTOR HE SAID THAT HURT HIM.

January 10, 1996 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) OTHER
Darbet Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD PINNED 1ST PLACE AND BACKED PINNER OUT TO EAT A SANDWICH AND WAS TALKING TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE THEN FELL OVER DEAD. HE WAS BROUGHT OUTSIDE WITHIN MINUTES HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON A RRIVAL AT WELCH EM HOSPITAL AT 12:49 PM. DO TO WAITING ON MEDICAL EXAMINERS REPORT TO PROPERLY FILL OUT THIS FORM. WE RECEIVED REPORT ON 2-8-96,I AM SENDING A COPY OF MEDICAL REPORT.

1994 · 2 incidents

November 12, 1994 WV · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Darbet Inc · Struck by falling object

WORKING ON A BOOMHOLE FOR NO.3 BELTDRIVE EE WAS HELPING IN TAMPING HOLES IN THE TOP AND WHILE UNDER SUPPORTED ROOF A ROCK GAVE LOOSE FROM IN BETWEEN THE PINS WHICH STRUCK HE IN THE BACK RESULT ING IN A INJURY TO THE BACK.

June 7, 1994 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Darbet Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

REMOVING PANEL COVER FROM SCOOP COVER SLIPPED & CAUGHT LITTLE FINGER ONLEFT HAND AGAINST FRAME OF SCOOP

1993 · 2 incidents

August 13, 1993 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Darbet Inc · Contact with electrical current

WHILE HOLDING A PIECE OF STEEL RECEIVED ELECTRIC BURN FROM WELDER WHILE THEY WERE TACKING STEEL

January 13, 1993 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Darbet Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING 5 GALON CAN OFF OF TRUCK.

1991 · 1 incident

January 1, 1991 WV · Coal FIRE
Darbet Inc · Accident type, without injuries

MINE FIRE-UNKNOWN

1990 · 1 incident

February 6, 1990 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Darbet Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WORKING ON MINER AND WAS LIFTING ON RIPPER CHAIN- STRAINED BACK.

1989 · 1 incident

March 7, 1989 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Darbet Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING CABLE, TRIPPED AND TWISTED KNEE.

1985 · 2 incidents

May 13, 1985 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Darbet Inc · Struck by falling object

A ROCK FALL IN MINE CAUSING INJURY TO ARM AND RIGHT HIP & BACK-WAS PULLING ROCK.

April 22, 1985 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Darbet Inc · Fall from machine

STEPPED OFF DRILL SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE.

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The full compliance file on Mine No 1

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.