Mining Incidents

Mine No. 40 Coal

XMV, Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
Northfork, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609298

Mine No. 40 has $118K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 26 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2009–2015
Latest incident
Jun 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
302
citations
62
significant & substantial
$118,074
proposed penalties
$103,691
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $14,383 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
71
inspections on record
3,541
inspection hours
8.5
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.
302 citations across 3,541 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mine No. 40 has $118K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 26 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.
$118K
proposed penalties
$104K
current assessed
$104K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
298 assessments are final orders; 26 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-09-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine No. 40 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.55 mg/m3 (93% compliant) across 619 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.
0.55
dust avg (mg/m3)
5.21
dust max (mg/m3)
93%
within 1.5 mg/m3
619
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-09-18.
Silica (quartz)
4.0
silica avg (%)
7.3
silica max (%)
30
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-09-22.
Noise
1%
over PEL
68
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-09-15.
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
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
Show 28 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q4 9,136 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 24,830 8 1 322.2
2015 Q2 34,328 13 1 378.7
2015 Q1 30,938 11 3 355.5
2014 Q4 35,123 10 3 284.7
2014 Q3 36,776 15 4 407.9
2014 Q2 28,542 16 3 560.6
2014 Q1 28,833 11 0 381.5
2013 Q4 29,046 6 0 206.6
2013 Q3 29,943 14 1 467.6
2013 Q2 31,602 12 3 379.7
2013 Q1 31,192 16 2 513.0
2012 Q4 29,075 18 1 619.1
2012 Q3 28,469 8 1 281.0
2012 Q2 29,209 10 1 342.4
2012 Q1 28,305 15 0 529.9
2011 Q4 29,803 17 5 570.4
2011 Q3 30,257 14 2 462.7
2011 Q2 28,265 19 10 672.2
2011 Q1 28,709 10 2 348.3
2010 Q4 26,677 12 6 449.8
2010 Q3 26,928 5 1 185.7
2010 Q2 21,471 12 6 558.9
2010 Q1 15,345 15 3 977.5
2009 Q4 10,445 13 1 1244.6
2009 Q3 4,589 2 2 435.8
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2015 · 1 incident

June 18, 2015 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
XMV, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was tramming the continuous miner out of the No. 8 entry. He stopped the miner to hook up the cable slack rope, as he was moving away from the miner he started the miner up and the continuous miner slewed toward him causing him to be pushed against a timber.

2012 · 1 incident

March 20, 2012 WV · Coal electrician, lineman STRIKING OR BUMPING
XMV, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

EE was crawling to put power in on miner when he raised up back of neck hit corner end of a 16' roof strap causing a laceration. Condition contributing to accident low mining height, 16' metal strap.

2009 · 1 incident

November 2, 2009 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
XMV, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Injured was pulling mining cable and injury left shoulder.

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The full compliance file on Mine No. 40

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.