Mining Incidents

Mine No. 4 Coal

Controlled by David Cline
Panther, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608960

Mine No. 4 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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
2004
Latest incident
Mar 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
40
citations
14
significant & substantial
$4,191
proposed penalties
$2,922
paid to date
70% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,269 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
30
inspections on record
967
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: 967 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 $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
32 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-05-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine No. 4 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.74 mg/m3 (91% compliant) across 121 samples.

Health sampling
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
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.
0.74
dust avg (mg/m3)
6.25
dust max (mg/m3)
91%
within 1.5 mg/m3
121
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-07-21.
Silica (quartz)
5.5
silica avg (%)
9.8
silica max (%)
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-07-29.
Noise
0%
over PEL
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-04-29.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, 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
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 4,296 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 9,370 21 8 2241.2
2004 Q1 10,272 4 4 389.4
2003 Q4 8,508 7 1 822.8
2003 Q3 6,331 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 9,115 1 0 109.7
2003 Q1 6,499 1 0 153.9
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q4 6,943 3 0 432.1
2002 Q3 8,591 3 1 349.2
2002 Q2 150 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2004 · 1 incident

March 5, 2004 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Rock 'N' Roll Coal Company, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He started rotating bolt before removing his hand from the bolt.

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The full compliance file on Mine No. 4

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.