Mining Incidents

Mine No 2 Coal

Bay Star Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Edward A Asbury
Cucumber, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607433

Mine No 2 has $361 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
1989–1997
Latest incident
Jul 1997
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
4
citations
1
significant & substantial
$361
proposed penalties
$361
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
6
inspections on record
133
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 133 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 2 has $361 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.
$361
proposed penalties
$361
current assessed
$361
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-09-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, 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 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 3,248 4 1 1231.5
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1997 · 1 incident

July 16, 1997 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bay Star Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

DRIVER WAS INFLATING TRUCK TIRE ON FLOOR OF SHOPWITH SAFETY CHAIN APPARENTLY IN PLACE - RETAINING RINGS ON TIRE APPARENTLY SLIPPED OFF & ALLOWED TIRE TO DEFLATE INSTANEOUSLY - RINGS HIT MAN'S ARM CAUSING BROKEN UPPER ARM, FRACTURED PELVIS &LACERATIONS.

1990 · 1 incident

March 23, 1990 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bay Star Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF OF ROCK FALL OUT BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS AND STRIKE THE PERSON IN THE MID BACK WHILE SAWING A TIMBER. (NO BONE WERE BROKEN-JUST BRUISE.)

1989 · 1 incident

May 4, 1989 WV · Coal electrician, lineman FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Bay Star Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

BROKEN INSIDE CAT PIN, RAISED MACHINE TO INSTALL PIN. PUT BLOCK UNDER CAT PAD, TWO ROLL OF BLOCK 12 INCH HIGH CLOSTED TO STAB JACK. MACHINE SLID ON BLOCK WITH MAN UPPER PART OF BODY UNDER MACH INE.

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The full compliance file on Mine No 2

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.