Mine No 2: 4 MSHA citations
Coal
Mine No 2 has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1989. MSHA has proposed $361 in penalties since 2000.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1989–1997
- Latest incident
- Jul 1997
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1
significant & substantial
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
n/a
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.
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
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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.
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.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
25.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.0% low, 75.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
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Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
| Year |
Employees |
Coal produced (tons) |
| 2003 |
0 |
|
| 2000 |
3 |
10,672 |
| 1999 |
0 |
|
| 1998 |
21 |
93,547 |
| 1997 |
21 |
136,772 |
| 1996 |
21 |
146,995 |
| 1995 |
14 |
106,603 |
| 1994 |
12 |
62,495 |
| 1993 |
12 |
101,614 |
| 1992 |
12 |
120,410 |
| 1991 |
13 |
108,675 |
| 1990 |
13 |
120,670 |
| 1989 |
18 |
124,981 |
| 1988 |
6 |
40,366 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Mine No 2 sits in McDowell County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 13.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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
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.