Mining Incidents

Mine No 5 Coal

Frasure Creek Mining LLC · Underground
Kincaid, Fayette County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608942

Mine No 5 has $214K in proposed MSHA penalties and $181K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2005–2010
Latest incident
Feb 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
352
citations
122
significant & substantial
$214,333
proposed penalties
$32,185
paid to date
15% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $182,148 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
32
inspections on record
2,127
inspection hours
16.5
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.
352 citations across 2,127 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mine No 5 has $214K in proposed MSHA penalties and $181K outstanding across 4 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.
$214K
proposed penalties
$214K
current assessed
$32K
paid to date
$181K
outstanding
341 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-04-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine No 5 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.91 mg/m3 (82% compliant) across 250 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.
0.91
dust avg (mg/m3)
6.41
dust max (mg/m3)
82%
within 1.5 mg/m3
250
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-04-27.
Silica (quartz)
7.3
silica avg (%)
16.3
silica max (%)
23
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-03-10.
Noise
0%
over PEL
9
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-10-16.
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
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 7,980 13 2 1629.1
2009 Q1 14,764 28 2 1896.5
2008 Q4 16,903 19 4 1124.1
2008 Q3 19,223 15 4 780.3
2008 Q2 20,968 8 2 381.5
2008 Q1 20,968 15 8 715.4
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q4 24,118 41 12 1700.0
2007 Q3 27,574 41 20 1486.9
2007 Q2 34,297 32 14 933.0
2007 Q1 26,056 2 1 76.8
2006 Q4 22,648 39 19 1722.0
2006 Q3 16,399 27 6 1646.4
2006 Q2 13,904 15 5 1078.8
2006 Q1 7,049 14 7 1986.1
2005 Q4 17,188 20 5 1163.6
2005 Q3 15,402 12 8 779.1
2005 Q2 7,350 11 3 1496.6
2005 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2010 · 1 incident

February 25, 2010 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Frasure Creek Mining LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee driving company truck, patrolling property, wiring in truck caught fire. As employee tried to put out fire, truck went into ditch. His left vehicle and started walking down hill, he fell on pavement and hit his head. He was found in roadway to approx. 5:30 am 2/25/10. Transported to hospital by ambulance.

2007 · 2 incidents

November 29, 2007 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Titan Mining, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was struck by the 488 scoop and was caught between the scoop and the 21 S/C at or around spad #580, breaking his left leg.

August 13, 2007 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Titan Mining, Inc. · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE was operating a fletcher RRII bolter, when a hydraulic hose busted, spraying hydraulic fluid in both eyes.

2006 · 2 incidents

May 1, 2006 WV · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Titan Mining, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While cutting a piece of metal, a fragment flew back and went under his safety glasses, striking the pupil of the left eye.

2005 · 2 incidents

September 16, 2005 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Lazy J Mining, INC · Struck by falling object

A 488 scoop ran over a 6' timber. One end of the timber rose into the air and when it returned to the ground it struck the employee on top of his left foot causing a possible hairline fracture.

August 18, 2005 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Lazy J Mining, INC · Struck by powered moving object

WHEN EMPLOYEE WALKED THROUGH A SET OF FLY PADS, HE MET A SHUTTLE CAR TRAVELING IN HIS DIRECTION AND WAS STRUCK ON THE RIGHT KNEE CAUSING SOME MILD BRUISING

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The full compliance file on Mine No 5

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.