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Mine No 4A West: 56 MSHA citations Coal

Erbacon, Webster County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608823

Mine No 4A West has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2000
Latest incident
Aug 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
56
citations
18
significant & substantial
$11,948
proposed penalties
$8,748
paid to date
73% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,200 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Brooks Run Mining Company LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
35
inspections on record
972
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: 972 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 4A West has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
53 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-06-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
33.3%
significant & substantial
1.9%
high negligence or reckless
33.3%
reasonably likely or greater
22.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.6% low, 92.6% moderate, 1.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
44%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$7K proposed, $4K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2005-02-24.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEVA 2005-83 Settlement Barbour 2005 $7K → $4K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. D & K Coal Company Inc 2000 to 2001
  2. Coastal Coal-West Virginia, LLC 2001 to 2003
  3. Brooks Run Mining Company LLC 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2004 4
2003 4
2002 1
2001 2
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Mine No 4A West sits in Webster County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 7.2% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ 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.
Webster County, West Virginia · Population 8,253
7.2%
Mining share of county employment
$42,061
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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 2,060 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,384 4 2 2890.2
2004 Q1 2,313 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,802 2 0 1109.9
2003 Q3 2,448 5 2 2042.5
2003 Q2 2,918 16 7 5483.2
2003 Q1 1,543 22 7 14257.9
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q4 0 1 0
2002 Q3 144 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 144 1 0 6944.4
2002 Q1 144 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 144 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 144 1 0 6944.4
2001 Q2 195 1 0 5128.2
2001 Q1 144 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 144 2 0 13888.9
2000 Q3 144 1 0 6944.4
2000 Q2 144 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2000 · 1 incident

August 5, 2000 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
D & K Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING ON A RUBBER TIRE MAN TRIP, HE RAISED UP, CAUGHT HIS SHOULDER, ROLLED HIM OUT OF TRIP CAUSING INJURY TO HIS RIBS.