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Mingo No 3: 15 MSHA citations Coal

Gilbert, Mingo County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608312

Mingo No 3 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $110 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1999
Latest incident
Jun 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
15
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,270
proposed penalties
$1,160
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $110 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Reflectance Energy LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
49
inspections on record
619
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: 619 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mingo No 3 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $110 outstanding across 0 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$110
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-05-03.
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.
6.7%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
6.7%
reasonably likely or greater
20.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 26.7% low, 73.3% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mingo No 3 shows 100% of 43 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.

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.

Last sampled: 2009-03-20, 17 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
43
samples
0.87
dust max (mg/m3)
43 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR7
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER7
  • CAR DROPPER6

Noise
ⓘ The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.

Last sampled: 2009-03-20, 17 years ago
8%
over PEL
13
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER3
  • CAR DROPPER2
  • CAR TRIMMER/CAR LOADER2
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ 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 by year
ⓘ 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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2009 100% 3
2008 100% 7
2005 100% 3
2004 100% 7
2003 100% 6
2002 100% 3
2001 100% 6
2000 100% 8
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2009 0% 3
2008 0% 4
2004 0% 3
2000 33% 3
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Mingo No 3 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2012.

Injury rate, 2012
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.74 and the all-US-mining average was 2.96 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 4.13 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Hampden Coal Company LLC 1993 to 2014
  2. Hampden Coal Company LLC 2014 to 2023
  3. Reflectance Energy LLC 2023 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2021 0
2020 0
2019 0
2018 0
2017 1
2016 1
2015 2
2014 4
2013 5
2012 13
2011 12
2010 5
2009 4
2008 3
2007 3
2006 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 3
2002 4
2001 5
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Mingo No 3 sits in Mingo County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 15.0% 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.
Mingo County, West Virginia · Population 22,979
15.0%
Mining share of county employment
$39,527
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
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
Show 77 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 1,340 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,236 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,084 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 680 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 1,193 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,255 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,635 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,961 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 613 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,987 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,080 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,814 1 0 551.3
2013 Q3 2,036 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,529 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,455 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 6,473 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 7,412 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 7,471 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 8,221 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 7,193 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 8,035 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 7,005 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 7,008 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 74 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 190 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 122 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 202 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 140 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 53 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 30 1 0 33333.3
2008 Q4 96 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 240 2 0 8333.3
2008 Q2 71 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 177 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 168 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 48 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 83 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 56 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 58 1 1 17241.4
2005 Q4 69 1 0 14492.8
2005 Q3 90 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 234 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 321 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 105 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 58 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 351 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 351 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 518 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 484 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 570 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 573 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 444 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 372 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 338 1 0 2958.6
2002 Q1 718 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 518 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 527 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 560 1 0 1785.7
2001 Q1 566 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 592 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 674 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 777 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,132 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1999 · 1 incident

June 21, 1999 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hampden Coal Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS DUMPING TRUCKS AND SAMPLING COAL FROM THE BELT AND HAD A BAG OF COAL AND STUMBLED THE BAG OF COAL PULLED HIM TO ONE SIDE AND THIS CAUSED THE INJURY TO HIS BACK.