Mine No. 1 Coal
WA Mining, Inc.
· Underground
Controlled by
William F Adams
Caretta,
Mcdowell County,
WV
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4609183
Mine No. 1 has $430K in proposed MSHA penalties and $400K outstanding across 17 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
239
citations
118
significant & substantial
$429,672
proposed penalties
$8,920
paid to date
2% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $420,752 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
38
inspections on record
1,409
inspection hours
17.0
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.239 citations across 1,409 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mine No. 1 has $430K in proposed MSHA penalties and $400K outstanding across 17 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.$430K
proposed penalties
$409K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$400K
outstanding
234 assessments are final orders; 17 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-07-29.
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 0.57 mg/m3 (90% compliant) across 137 samples.
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.0.57
dust avg (mg/m3)
4.80
dust max (mg/m3)
90%
within 1.5 mg/m3
137
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-08-31.
Silica (quartz)
8.5
silica avg (%)
11.3
silica max (%)
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-05-14.
Noise
0%
over PEL
17
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-02-18.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Q4 | 760 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 2,904 | 7 | 1 | 2410.5 |
| 2010 Q2 | 3,428 | 16 | 7 | 4667.4 |
| 2010 Q1 | 2,744 | 18 | 4 | 6559.8 |
| 2009 Q4 | 1,880 | 26 | 7 | 13829.8 |
| 2009 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Q4 | 5,648 | 22 | 15 | 3895.2 |
| 2008 Q3 | 6,522 | 30 | 19 | 4599.8 |
| 2008 Q2 | 6,686 | 34 | 28 | 5085.3 |
| 2008 Q1 | 5,911 | 23 | 13 | 3891.1 |
| 2007 Q4 | 4,925 | 26 | 17 | 5279.2 |
| 2007 Q3 | 4,644 | 9 | 1 | 1938.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 4,823 | 19 | 5 | 3939.5 |
| 2007 Q1 | 1,824 | 2 | 0 | 1096.5 |
| 2006 Q4 | 432 | 7 | 1 | 16203.7 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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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.