Mining Incidents

Mountaineer No. 1 Coal

Controlled by Carl Hamilton
Jewell Ridge, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407111

Mountaineer No. 1 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $120 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
2006
Latest incident
Oct 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
24
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,706
proposed penalties
$1,586
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $120 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
17
inspections on record
210
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: 210 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mountaineer No. 1 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $120 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$120
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-06-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mountaineer No. 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.15 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 14 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.
0.15
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.60
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
14
samples
Most recent sample: 2007-04-03.
Silica (quartz)
7.7
silica avg (%)
7.7
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2007-04-09.
Noise
0%
over PEL
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-10-16.
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
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 1 0
2010 Q1 0 1 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 1,567 1 0 638.2
2007 Q1 4,904 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,545 4 1 880.1
2006 Q3 5,690 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,949 5 0 1695.5
2006 Q1 2,759 7 1 2537.2
2005 Q4 3,050 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,265 5 2 1172.3
2005 Q2 2,949 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,765 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 248 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2006 · 1 incident

October 6, 2006 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountaineer Enterprises, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee got out of loader and walked near a hole which he had dug. The side caved on the hole causing him to fall. When he fell, he landed with his hand under his body.

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