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.
196 citations across 2,308 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mine No 2 has $16K 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
195 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-04-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Mine No 2 shows 96% of 342 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2005-06-30, 21 years ago
96%
within 1.5 mg/m3
342
samples
5.50
dust max (mg/m3)
169 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 173 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘ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.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
Mine No 2 recorded 8.84 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.
Injury rate, 2000
ⓘ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.
8.84
total case rate
8.84
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2005
7
22,234
2004
10
44,477
2003
10
51,073
2002
9
49,959
2001
12
44,635
2000
14
50,252
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Mine No 2 sits in McDowell County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 13.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘ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.
McDowell County, West Virginia · Population 18,413
13.0%
Mining share of county employment
$29,980
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2005 Q4
0
0
0
2005 Q3
1,178
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
2,802
2
1
713.8
2005 Q1
3,875
7
2
1806.5
2004 Q4
3,717
3
0
807.1
2004 Q3
3,853
4
1
1038.2
2004 Q2
4,694
10
3
2130.4
2004 Q1
3,716
20
8
5382.1
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2003 Q4
4,340
4
0
921.7
2003 Q3
3,594
8
2
2225.9
2003 Q2
3,776
7
4
1853.8
2003 Q1
3,224
9
4
2791.6
2002 Q4
4,111
12
1
2919.0
2002 Q3
3,587
4
1
1115.1
2002 Q2
2,805
5
1
1782.5
2002 Q1
3,886
2
1
514.7
2001 Q4
3,851
7
0
1817.7
2001 Q3
4,237
9
1
2124.1
2001 Q2
5,012
4
1
798.1
2001 Q1
4,935
10
4
2026.3
2000 Q4
5,553
19
2
3421.6
2000 Q3
5,773
7
3
1212.5
2000 Q2
4,517
17
1
3763.6
2000 Q1
6,777
21
6
3098.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
2000 · 1 incident
July 19, 2000WV · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderHANDLING OF MATERIALS
MINER WAS CHANGING PLACES AND THE TOP WAS REAL LOW. A PIECE OF ROCK HAD DROPPED, HANGING FROM A ROOF BOLT. EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEE IT. HE BACKED INTO IT, PUSHING HIS HEAD FORWARD AND DOWN, CAUSIN G HIM TO STRAIN HIS NECK. IT BECAME STIFF/SORE.
March 3, 1999WV · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)HANDLING OF MATERIALS
PIN MAN HAD PUT UP 1ST BELT IN CUT AND HAD GOT READY AND SWUNG PINNER FOR 2 MON BOLT AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT OF TOP AND HIT PIN MAN BELOW SHOULDERS AND DOWN HIS BACK WHEN HELPER SET ATRS FOR 2ND BOLT.