Mining Incidents

Mount View No. 1 Mine Coal

San-West Coal Co., Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Edward A Asbury
Welch, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609159

Mount View No. 1 Mine has $45K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 9 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2007–2009
Latest incident
Mar 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
69
citations
24
significant & substantial
$45,146
proposed penalties
$19,589
paid to date
43% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $25,557 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
20
inspections on record
590
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: 590 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mount View No. 1 Mine has $45K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 9 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.
$45K
proposed penalties
$25K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$6K
outstanding
68 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-02-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mount View No. 1 Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.86 mg/m3 (89% compliant) across 130 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.
0.86
dust avg (mg/m3)
12.50
dust max (mg/m3)
89%
within 1.5 mg/m3
130
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-03-23.
Silica (quartz)
8.9
silica avg (%)
18.8
silica max (%)
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-12-24.
Noise
0%
over PEL
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-03-04.
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 Q2 2,652 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 7,934 18 5 2268.7
2008 Q4 9,566 7 1 731.8
2008 Q3 7,690 4 2 520.2
2008 Q2 7,630 8 1 1048.5
2008 Q1 6,530 3 1 459.4
2007 Q4 6,565 12 4 1827.9
2007 Q3 3,900 8 5 2051.3
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q2 4,204 1 0 237.9
2007 Q1 5,645 7 4 1240.0
2006 Q4 4,099 1 1 244.0
2006 Q3 582 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2009 · 1 incident

March 20, 2009 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
San-West Coal Co., Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee was bolting top when a piece of draw rock fell out between roof bolts and struck employee on the back. Rock measured approx. 3' x 5' x 1-8".

2008 · 1 incident

June 17, 2008 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman MACHINERY
San-West Coal Co., Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was helping move a 245LN miner, when he reached for the cable, he put his left hand on the cable standoff when the back of the moner came up and caught his arm between the roof and the frame of the miner fracturing his left arm near his wrist.

2007 · 3 incidents

March 7, 2007 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
San-West Coal Co., Inc. · Struck by falling object

He was jacking up a coal feeder when it slipped off the blocks striking his left foot. Broke his ankle.

January 30, 2007 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
San-West Coal Co., Inc. · Struck by flying object

Employee was putting a breaker in at the surface power center when something flew into and struck his eye.

January 10, 2007 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
San-West Coal Co., Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee got out of his truck to talk to another driver. The truck he got out of started drifting. The employee jumped on the side of the cab of the truck and was partially inside the cab. This truck rolled alongside of another parked truck pinning his right leg between the door and the cab.

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The full compliance file on Mount View No. 1 Mine

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.