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.
Mountaineer No. 1 Coal
Mountaineer Enterprises, Inc.
· Surface
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
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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: 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
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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.$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.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Mountaineer No. 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.15 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 14 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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| 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 file2006 · 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
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