Mine No 4: 21 MSHA citations
Coal
Gilbert,
Mingo County,
WV
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608817
Mine No 4 has $1K 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
- 2
- Years on record
- 2000–2001
- Latest incident
- Jan 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
6
significant & substantial
$1,444
proposed penalties
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: 305 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 4 has $1K 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.
20 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-05-01.
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.
30.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
30.0%
reasonably likely or greater
10.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.0% low, 95.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Mine No 4 shows 97% of 61 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: 2001-05-04, 25 years ago
26 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 35 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR34
- SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)5
- SCOOP CAR OPERATOR4
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2001-03-20, 25 years ago
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR4
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Health sampling trend
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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 by year
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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.
| Year |
within 1.5 mg/m3 |
samples |
| 2001 |
94% |
36 |
| 2000 |
100% |
25 |
Silica (quartz) by year
| Year |
silica avg (%) |
samples |
| 2001 |
6.8 |
2 |
| 2000 |
5.4 |
2 |
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Mine No 4 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.
Injury rate, 2000
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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.
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below 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.
Ownership history
-
Golden Chance Mining Inc
2000 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) |
| 2001 |
24 |
210,198 |
| 2000 |
19 |
173,025 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Mine No 4 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 |
| 2001 Q4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2001 Q2 |
15,538 |
2 |
1 |
128.7 |
| 2001 Q1 |
19,670 |
6 |
1 |
305.0 |
| 2000 Q4 |
17,220 |
8 |
2 |
464.6 |
| 2000 Q3 |
15,752 |
5 |
2 |
317.4 |
| 2000 Q2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2000 Q1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2001 · 1 incident
January 5, 2001
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
MACHINERY
Golden Chance Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WHILE OPERATING ROOF BOLTER THE EMPLOYEE GOT HISLEFT HAND HUNG BETWEEN CANOPY & DRILL STEEL. THEDRILL POT SMASHED THE DRILL STEEL DOWN ON HIS HAND AGAINST THE CANOPY.
2000 · 1 incident
Golden Chance Mining Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
PICKED UP A ROCK OUT OF ROADWAY. TURNED TO THROW IT OVER HILL AND TWISTED BACK.