Walcoal, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries
MINE FOREMAN FOUND THE ROOF FALL DURING HIS PRE-SHIFT. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 12'HIGH X 18'WIDE X 30'LONG.
Mine No. 2 Coal
Walcoal, Inc.
· Underground
Controlled by
Michelle Hatfield
Jenkinjones,
Mcdowell County,
WV
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608970
Mine No. 2 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2003
- Latest incident
- Apr 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
25
citations
11
significant & substantial
$4,687
proposed penalties
$420
paid to date
9% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,267 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
27
inspections on record
524
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: 524 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 $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K 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.$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$420
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-11-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Mine No. 2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.38 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 20 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.0.38
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.45
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
20
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-09-25.
Silica (quartz)
6.1
silica avg (%)
6.1
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-05-14.
Noise
0%
over PEL
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-07-22.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 Q1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 2,835 | 7 | 0 | 2469.1 |
| 2003 Q3 | 1,697 | 6 | 4 | 3535.7 |
| 2003 Q2 | 160 | 12 | 7 | 75000.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 546 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2003 · 1 incident
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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.