Mining Incidents

Mine No. 7 Coal

Controlled by David Cline
Mohawk, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 4609093

Mine No. 7 has $185K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 23 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
2007–2018
Latest incident
Sep 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
459
citations
92
significant & substantial
$185,077
proposed penalties
$127,780
paid to date
69% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $57,297 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
138
inspections on record
5,060
inspection hours
9.1
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.
459 citations across 5,060 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mine No. 7 has $185K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 23 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.
$185K
proposed penalties
$128K
current assessed
$128K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
448 assessments are final orders; 23 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-03-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine No. 7 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.60 mg/m3 (93% compliant) across 461 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.
0.60
dust avg (mg/m3)
4.31
dust max (mg/m3)
93%
within 1.5 mg/m3
461
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-06-27.
Silica (quartz)
4.6
silica avg (%)
10.8
silica max (%)
52
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-07-03.
Noise
4%
over PEL
77
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-09-05.
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
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
Show 72 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 1 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 1 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 1 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 266 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 8,100 2 0 246.9
2019 Q3 12,585 15 2 1191.9
2019 Q2 8,666 1 0 115.4
2019 Q1 10,551 10 2 947.8
2018 Q4 14,966 6 1 400.9
2018 Q3 11,707 2 0 170.8
2018 Q2 15,595 11 2 705.4
2018 Q1 14,624 15 4 1025.7
2017 Q4 15,813 9 1 569.2
2017 Q3 13,697 18 5 1314.2
2017 Q2 13,605 42 10 3087.1
2017 Q1 3,999 1 0 250.1
2016 Q4 3,281 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,248 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,296 2 0 606.8
2016 Q1 1,087 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 596 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,821 7 1 1202.5
2015 Q2 16,132 45 15 2789.5
2015 Q1 9,629 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,191 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,184 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,186 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,238 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,465 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 12,567 7 0 557.0
2013 Q2 7,981 12 2 1503.6
2013 Q1 6,628 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 9,149 5 0 546.5
2012 Q3 11,020 9 1 816.7
2012 Q2 12,273 5 0 407.4
2012 Q1 10,334 10 1 967.7
2011 Q4 9,762 16 5 1639.0
2011 Q3 8,633 6 0 695.0
2011 Q2 9,342 24 1 2569.0
2011 Q1 7,872 14 2 1778.5
2010 Q4 9,574 3 0 313.3
2010 Q3 7,555 16 2 2117.8
2010 Q2 6,946 14 2 2015.5
2010 Q1 8,499 8 1 941.3
2009 Q4 8,417 9 2 1069.3
2009 Q3 6,706 5 1 745.6
2009 Q2 7,640 5 0 654.5
2009 Q1 10,417 1 0 96.0
2008 Q4 9,973 4 0 401.1
2008 Q3 3,591 12 1 3341.7
2008 Q2 9,472 7 0 739.0
2008 Q1 10,619 6 3 565.0
2007 Q4 9,529 29 8 3043.3
2007 Q3 8,400 3 1 357.1
2007 Q2 10,338 3 1 290.2
2007 Q1 8,168 1 0 122.4
2006 Q4 7,767 5 2 643.7
2006 Q3 4,090 3 0 733.5
2006 Q2 7,945 5 3 629.3
2006 Q1 13,468 5 2 371.3
2005 Q4 6,884 15 8 2179.0
2005 Q3 5,479 3 0 547.5
2005 Q2 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

2018 · 1 incident

2015 · 2 incidents

2013 · 1 incident

August 17, 2013 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
Rock N Roll Coal Company, Inc. · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Lack of communication between the men. Man put hand in conveyor pinch point of chain when bridge was energized. Operator of bridge at time hadn't seen him with hand in area and the chain started when machine started. Injured person refused ambulance.

2012 · 3 incidents

September 12, 2012 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rock N Roll Coal Company, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

While conducting the weekly exam in the left return a roof fall was discovered. The fall was in #3 mains panel in the #2 entry one break inby spad #1294. The fall was approx. 50 feet in length and 20 feet wide and about 3-4 feet in thickness.

September 6, 2012 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rock N Roll Coal Company, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

While pulling on some conveyor belt to help install a belt drive. Employee sustained a back injury.

July 25, 2012 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rock N Roll Coal Company, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Section foreman was helping install a belt conveyor drive in the belt entry. At which time EE was attempting to move a bearing on hold down roller. By striking it with a hammer while striking it with another hammer. I small particle of metal dislodged from one of the hammers striking him in the right eye.

2009 · 3 incidents

September 24, 2009 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rock N Roll Coal Company, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

No men were on section at the time of fall. Fall was on the way in and fell between pre shift and workers getting there. Fall measured 4 ft high X 85 ft long. Fell at 2 cross cut 1 intersection 3 to 1 across from end of tall piece 2 cross cuts outby (spad #831 which is located in #4 entry).

July 6, 2009 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rock N Roll Coal Company, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

Encountered rock fall on preshift of the belt line 80' outby spad (751) (26 brks outby face) (18 brks outby power center) soft long 6-7' high includes intersection and inby 3/4 or 30' of block #4 entry beltline (no injuries) (no men underground). Fell during miners vac.

2008 · 1 incident

March 12, 2008 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Rock N Roll Coal Company, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was getting off top of bridge, got in cables on side. Getting out of cables with rock caught leg in the cables and seemed to have twisted knee area. Was taken to ER by ambulance.

2007 · 3 incidents

August 8, 2007 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rock N Roll Coal Company, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall above support 1 brk outby the end of lowlow one brk outby spad 417 approx 240' from section face. Heard fall, found at exam. #2 entry intake.

March 8, 2007 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
Rock N Roll Coal Company, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Operator got too close to corner and didn't hit panic bar to cut bridge off. Caught operator up against rib, skinned his back in 3 places. Operator wasn't paying attention & wasn't alert as to where he was on corner. Operator was warned 2 times earlier in shift about falling asleep while operating bridge.

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The full compliance file on Mine No. 7

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.