Mining Incidents

Mine No 1 Coal

Wesley Leasing Inc · Underground
Controlled by John P Dillon
Cucumber, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608737

Mine No 1 has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
2000–2002
Latest incident
Apr 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 1999
71
citations
15
significant & substantial
$8,949
proposed penalties
$8,949
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
53
inspections on record
1,370
inspection hours
5.2
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.
71 citations across 1,370 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mine No 1 has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
71 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-10-31.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine No 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.70 mg/m3 (92% compliant) across 179 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.
0.70
dust avg (mg/m3)
8.38
dust max (mg/m3)
92%
within 1.5 mg/m3
179
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-09-13.
Silica (quartz)
3.9
silica avg (%)
7.9
silica max (%)
16
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-08-27.
Noise
7%
over PEL
14
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-05-01.
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 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 8,232 5 1 607.4
2002 Q3 10,080 2 0 198.4
2002 Q2 9,240 4 1 432.9
2002 Q1 11,040 10 2 905.8
2001 Q4 9,752 4 2 410.2
2001 Q3 10,176 13 4 1277.5
2001 Q2 10,560 8 1 757.6
Show 5 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q1 3,200 11 2 3437.5
2000 Q4 10,560 4 0 378.8
2000 Q3 8,640 4 1 463.0
2000 Q2 7,180 5 1 696.4
2000 Q1 7,200 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2002 · 1 incident

April 30, 2002 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Wesley Leasing Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL IN #5 RETURN AT SPAD #62. 4 TO 6 FOOT HIGH, 18 FEET WIDE, 90 TO 100 FEET TOWARD PILLAR LINE.

2000 · 2 incidents

November 7, 2000 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Wesley Leasing Inc · Struck by falling object

ACCORDING TO EMPLOYEE HE WAS WALKING TO HIS SUGGY TO GET SOME LUNCH WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK ABOUT SIZE OF A FOOTBALL FELL AND HIT HIM ON THE SHOULDERS.

May 4, 2000 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Wesley Leasing Inc · Accident type, without injuries

THE 14-3 JOY MINER WAS BACKING OUT OF THE PILLERLINE AFTER MINING WAS COMPLETED IN THE #1 ENTRY SPAD #117 WHEN THE INTERSECTION FELL & CAUGHT THE CUTTER HEAD ONLY Y

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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.