Mine No 6: 3 MSHA citations
Coal
Jolo,
Mcdowell County,
WV
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607980
Mine No 6 has $165 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 1991–1993
- Latest incident
- Aug 1993
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
0
significant & substantial
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 22 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 6 has $165 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-02-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
0.0%
significant & substantial
100.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 0.0% moderate, 100.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year |
Employees |
| 2005 |
0 |
| 2001 |
0 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Mine No 6 sits in McDowell County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 13.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.
McDowell County, West Virginia · Population 18,413
13.0%
Mining share of county employment
$29,980
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
| 2005 Q3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2001 Q3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2001 Q2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
1993 · 2 incidents
Ruby Helen Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
SUPOSELY PICKING UP A ROCK ON THE BELT LINE. THE DOWN IS UNDER PROTEST.
Ruby Helen Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
SCOOP WAS TRAMMING IN REVERSE AND RAN OVER A PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE, THE PIECE OF STRUCTURE FLIPPED UP AND HIT THE SCOOP OPERATOR.
1992 · 1 incident
January 1, 1992
WV · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
TIGHTEN BELT ON BELT LINE.BAR CAME OFF STRIKING HIM ON THE JAW.
1991 · 4 incidents
October 8, 1991
WV · Coal
continuous miner operator, coal mole operator
MACHINERY
Ruby Helen Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WAS ATTEMPTING TO CONNECT CABLE TO MINER, GOT PINNED AGAINST RIB OF MINE.
Ruby Helen Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WAS WORKING ON A MACHINE- THE CHAIN BROKE AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH.
September 5, 1991
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Ruby Helen Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
PC OF ROCK FELL HURT R KNEE
August 26, 1991
WV · Coal
chute blaster, rockman, hang-up man, raise blaster
MACHINERY
Ruby Helen Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WAS HELPING ON ROOF BOLTER CAUGHT LEFT FOOT UNDER DECK OF BOLTER.