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Mine No. 1 Coal

Controlled by Edward A Asbury
Kimball, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 4608581

Mine No. 1 has $428K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 34 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1996–2009
Latest incident
Aug 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
368
citations
119
significant & substantial
$427,799
proposed penalties
$112,594
paid to date
26% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $315,205 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
90
inspections on record
2,842
inspection hours
12.9
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.
368 citations across 2,842 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mine No. 1 has $428K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 34 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.
$428K
proposed penalties
$113K
current assessed
$113K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
362 assessments are final orders; 34 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at Mine No. 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.51 mg/m3 (95% compliant) across 453 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.
0.51
dust avg (mg/m3)
6.63
dust max (mg/m3)
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
453
samples
Most recent sample: 2013-04-03.
Silica (quartz)
11.1
silica avg (%)
45.2
silica max (%)
33
samples
Most recent sample: 2013-04-02.
Noise
0%
over PEL
22
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-02-03.
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
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 1 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
Show 81 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 1 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 1 0
2014 Q3 0 6 0
2014 Q2 0 1 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 2 0
2013 Q2 4,759 2 0 420.3
2013 Q1 7,869 12 4 1525.0
2012 Q4 6,890 12 0 1741.7
2012 Q3 6,244 9 3 1441.4
2012 Q2 6,254 13 6 2078.7
2012 Q1 6,077 15 0 2468.3
2011 Q4 2,911 7 1 2404.7
2011 Q3 784 7 5 8928.6
2011 Q2 4,906 5 2 1019.2
2011 Q1 6,928 30 12 4330.3
2010 Q4 7,550 4 2 529.8
2010 Q3 6,788 15 3 2209.8
2010 Q2 8,949 10 1 1117.4
2010 Q1 4,383 13 7 2966.0
2009 Q4 6,822 15 9 2198.8
2009 Q3 4,507 18 8 3993.8
2009 Q2 7,770 10 3 1287.0
2009 Q1 7,861 20 6 2544.2
2008 Q4 7,627 13 7 1704.5
2008 Q3 6,979 3 2 429.9
2008 Q2 6,020 4 2 664.5
2008 Q1 6,611 4 1 605.1
2007 Q4 6,563 7 4 1066.6
2007 Q3 6,276 2 0 318.7
2007 Q2 6,766 2 1 295.6
2007 Q1 7,051 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 6,461 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,658 2 0 300.4
2006 Q2 6,774 5 2 738.1
2006 Q1 6,391 8 2 1251.8
2005 Q4 5,882 8 2 1360.1
2005 Q3 3,947 13 6 3293.6
2005 Q2 4,062 13 4 3200.4
2005 Q1 3,179 11 1 3460.2
2004 Q4 2,063 15 0 7271.0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 2,384 8 3 3355.7
2001 Q4 5,674 20 10 3524.9
2001 Q3 4,518 1 0 221.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2009 · 1 incident

2004 · 1 incident

1999 · 1 incident

January 30, 1999 WV · Coal FIRE
Bailey Deep Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A FIRE OCCURRED IN THE SHOP AT THE SURFACE LOCATION OF OUR NO.1 DEEP MINE. FIRE NOT EXT. WITHIN 30 MINUTES. CAUSE OF FIRE NOT DETERMINED.

1998 · 1 incident

April 14, 1998 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bailey Deep Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS INSTALLING A BOLT IN THE "LEVELING ARM" OF THE ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE ARM & THE ROOF BOLTER HEAD.

1997 · 3 incidents

April 17, 1997 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bailey Deep Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLT & THE BOLTER HEAD.

April 16, 1997 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Bailey Deep Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE REPORTED TO MANAGEMENT THAT HE HAD PAIN IN HIS KNEE AND THAT HIS DR. SAID IT WAS DUE TO CRAWLING IN LOW COAL.

February 27, 1997 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bailey Deep Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS TRAMMING ROOF BOLTER TO #4 FACE. HAD HISARM ON TOP OF BOLTER. RAN OVER A ROCK INROADWAY CAUSING HIS ARM TO GET CAUGHT BETWEEN BOLTER ANDTHE TOP.

1996 · 1 incident

December 7, 1996 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bailey Deep Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE TRS AND ROOF BOLT STRIKING THE OPERATOR ON THE BACK OF HIS NECK AND SHOULDER CAUSING A BRUISE.

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