Mine No 3: 1 recorded fatality
Coal
Gilbert,
Mingo County,
WV
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Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608652
Mine No 3 has $775 in proposed MSHA penalties and $335 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 1998–2000
- Latest incident
- May 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
2
significant & substantial
57% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $335 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: 125 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 3 has $775 in proposed MSHA penalties and $335 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.
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-03-06.
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.
18.2%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
18.2%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Mine No 3 shows 92% of 48 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2000-05-18, 26 years ago
16 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 32 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR23
- SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)4
- SCOOP CAR OPERATOR2
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2000-03-06, 26 years ago
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR2
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Ownership history
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Golden Chance Mining Inc
1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, 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) |
| 2000 |
38 |
162,534 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Mine No 3 sits in Mingo County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 15.0% 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.
Mingo County, West Virginia · Population 22,979
15.0%
Mining share of county employment
$39,527
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, 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 |
| 2000 Q2 |
12,024 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 |
25,842 |
8 |
0 |
309.6 |
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
July 26, 1999
WV · Coal
continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman
Fatality · MACHINERY
Golden Chance Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
HE WAS HELPING MINER OPERATOR MOVE MINER FROM NO. 3 ENTRY TO NO. 4 ENTRY. HE WAS TRYING TO PUT MINER CABLE ON MINER BOOM CAUGHT HIS HEAD BETWEEN MINER BOOM AND ROOF.
Reportable incidents
6 on file (excluding fatalities above)
2000 · 3 incidents
Golden Chance Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS WORKING ON MINER AND WHILE HE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER HE HIT HIS LEFT HAND AND FRACTURED IT AROUND THE THUMB AREA.
March 20, 2000
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Golden Chance Mining Inc · Struck by falling object
EE WAS PINNING TOP ON 3-20-00 AND A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM ACROSS SHOULDERS AND BACK. EE CONTINUED TO WORK THROUGHOUT THIS PARTICULAR SHIFT AND UP TO 4/13/00 WHICH WAS HIS LAST SH IFT WORKED. ON 4-14-00 EE WENT TO THE DR. BECAUSE OF CONTINUED PAIN FROM THE ROCK THAT STRUCK HIM ON 3-20-00.
January 26, 2000
WV · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Golden Chance Mining Inc · Fall onto or against objects
EE WAS WALKING TO MANTRIP AND STEPPED IN SNOW FALLING ON RESCUER HURTING LOWER PAIN BACK AREA.
1999 · 2 incidents
August 18, 1999
WV · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Golden Chance Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
OPERATING MANTRIP. GOT LEG AND FOOT CAUGHT AGAINST RIB AND MANTRIP
Golden Chance Mining Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKING OUT STOPPING WHEN PART OF STOPPING WAS KNOCKED. EMPLOYEE RESTED RIGHT HANDON A BLOCK. A PIECE OF BLOCK THAT WAS STUCK TO ROOF FELL AND HIT EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND, CAUSING A LACERATION TO FINGER. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO WILLIAMSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, WHERE SUTURES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE WOUND.
1998 · 1 incident
Golden Chance Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
CARRYING A BOX OF GLUE FROM BACK OF MACHINE TO THE FRONT OF IT. LIFTED IT UP ON TOP & PULLED BACK. REOCCURRANCE OF OLD INJURY.