Mine No 1: 43 MSHA citations
Coal
Herndon, Wyoming,
Wyoming County,
WV
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Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608540
Mine No 1 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 18
- Years on record
- 1996–2000
- Latest incident
- Aug 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
10
significant & substantial
$5,250
proposed penalties
10% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,725 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
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: 411 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mine No 1 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 1 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.
43 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-08-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
23.3%
significant & substantial
9.3%
high negligence or reckless
23.3%
reasonably likely or greater
53.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.0% low, 76.7% moderate, 9.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
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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.
| Docket |
Decision |
Judge |
Year |
Proposed / upheld |
| WEVA20000062 |
Settlement |
Barbour |
2000 |
$2K → $2K |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Mine No 1 shows 81% of 57 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2000-09-26, 25 years ago
29 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 28 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR25
- SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)7
- SCOOP CAR OPERATOR4
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2000-08-30, 25 years ago
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR6
Noise
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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.
Last sampled: 2000-02-28, 26 years ago
Most-sampled occupations
- SCOOP CAR OPERATOR1
- SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)1
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Mine No 1 recorded 12.57 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.
Injury rate, 2000
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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.
Above average. The US coal mining average was 7.74 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 8.87 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.
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.
Workforce and production
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Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
| Year |
Employees |
Coal produced (tons) |
| 2000 |
30 |
265,890 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Mine No 1 sits in Wyoming County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.
Wyoming County, West Virginia · Population 20,948
11.2%
Mining share of county employment
$48,038
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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 |
| 2000 Q4 |
640 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 |
22,953 |
7 |
1 |
305.0 |
| 2000 Q2 |
21,439 |
17 |
4 |
792.9 |
| 2000 Q1 |
18,599 |
18 |
5 |
967.8 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
18 on file
2000 · 4 incidents
August 21, 2000
WV · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
K & J Energy Inc · Struck against stationary object
INJURED CLAIMS THAT WHILE TRAMMING 21S/C, SHUTTLE CAR IN ROADWAY 1BRK INBY BELT FEEDER, THE SHUTTLE CAR TRAVELED OVER HUMP IN ROADWAY, CAUSING HIS HEAD TO CONTACT MINE ROOF RESULTIN GIN ALLEDG E INJURY. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT INJURED IS ABOVE AVERAGE IN SIZE AND MAY HAVE HAD TROUBLE IN SMALL OPERATOR COMPARTMENT.
July 19, 2000
WV · Coal
section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss
MACHINERY
K & J Energy Inc · Fall from machine
INJURED CLAIMS THAT WHEN HE WAS RAISING UP TO MANOVER MACHINE THAT HE HIT HEAD ON TOP, TWISTED KNEE, FELL BACKWARDS STRIKING ELBOW ON ROCK, INJURED LOWER BACK AND FELT PAIN IN NECK.
July 17, 2000
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
K & J Energy Inc · Struck by falling object
INJURED WAS TRAMMING ROOF BOLT MACHINE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX. 2' X 2' X 0-6" THICK FELL FROM ROOF, STRIKING HIM WHILE HE WAS IN DECK OF MACHINE TRAMMING IT TO NEXT WORKING PLACE.
May 20, 2000
WV · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Southern Gold Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object
INJURED CLAIMS THAT WHILE OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR, HE HIT A HOLE IN ROADWAY CAUSING SUDDEN BOUNCE OF SHUTTLE CAR WHICH IN TURN CAUSED BACK PAIN.
1999 · 6 incidents
December 27, 1999
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Southern Gold Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE WAS OPERATING BOLTER ON HIS KNEES IN DECK, HIS RIGHT FOOT WAS OUTSIDE DECK. HIS RIGHT FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BOLTER DECK, MAIN FLOOR AND RIB. BRUISED AND BROKE A COUPLE OF SMALL BONES IN R IGHT FOOT.
August 10, 1999
WV · Coal
electrician, lineman
MACHINERY
Southern Gold Mining Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances
ELECTRICIAN USING TORCH & A PIECE OF HOT SLAG HIT IN CORNER OF RIGHT EYE Y
July 22, 1999
WV · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Gold Mining Inc · Flash burns (electric)
DEFECTIVE CATHEAD STARTED BURNING WORKER TYPE TO DENGLIZA BREAK AND ARCH FROM CATHEAD BURNT EYE.
July 22, 1999
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Southern Gold Mining Inc · Struck by falling object
A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL WAS HUNG UP IN TOP. SHOOK THE DRILL STEEL TO BREAK IT LOOSE, IT BROKE ANDFELL IN HIS HAND AND SCRAPED HIS FACE.
Southern Gold Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
LOADING BELT LINE STRUCTURE INTO A SUPPLY CAR. A PIECE OF STRUCTION FELL OFF ONE END OF CAR AND PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN ROOF AND STRUCTURE.
March 3, 1999
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Southern Gold Mining Inc · Struck by falling object
THE BOLTER MOVED INTO THE #3 ENTRY WAS SET UP TOSTART BOLTING OPERATION PUT DRILL STEEL AGAINST THE TOP & A PIECE OF ROCK 5 INCHED ROUND & 8 INCHES THICK FELL DOWN STEEL & HIT A MIDDLE FING ER OF THE LEFT HAND
1998 · 3 incidents
Southern Gold Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE INJURED WAS TRYING TO FIND AN OIL LEAK BY DIGGING OUT HYDRALIC HOSES UNDER THE VALVE CHEST, STARTED THE MINER WHILE TRYING TO FEEL THE OIL. THE PRESSURE SHOT HYDRAULIC OIL UNDER HIS MIDDLE FINGER NAIL ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
Southern Gold Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object
RAISED UP AND HIT BACK AGAINST ROOF. EE HAD NO WITNESS. TO MY UNDERSTANDING HE CAME OUTSIDE OF MINES, WALKED THROUGH MINE OFFICE, GAVE NO INFORMATION ON HIS CONDITION & DROVE HIS OWN AUTOMOBIL E OFF MINE SITE.
July 21, 1998
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
R C O Enterprises Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
2 MINER WAS TRAMMED FORWARD CRUSHING VICTIM BETWEEN RIPPER HEAD AND ROOF BOLTER HEAD AND CONTROLS. EE SUSTAINED BRUISES TO LOWER ABDOMEN AREA.
1997 · 3 incidents
R C O Enterprises Inc · Accident type, without injuries
BREAKTHROUGH 2-3 3-4 4-5 MINED AND HADN'T BEEN BOLTED YET. FELL IN ABOUT 2' OF ROCK.
April 8, 1997
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
R C O Enterprises Inc · Struck by falling object
BOLTING TOP WHEN ROCK FELL OUT & HIT HIM ON BACK
R C O Enterprises Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS DRILLING ROOF BOLT HOLE. WHEN HE STARTED TO PUT SECOND PIECE OF STEEL UP, HE CAUGHT HIS FINGEER BETWEEN STEEL.
1996 · 2 incidents
August 10, 1996
WV · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
R C O Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object
RUNNING SC AND HIT HOLE IN ROADWAY HURTING BACK.
June 30, 1996
WV · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R C O Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
SHOVELING COAL ON BELT LINE AND STRAINED BACK.