Mining Incidents

Mine No 4A West 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.
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.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-06-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, 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 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.

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The full compliance file on Mine No 4A West

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.