Mining Incidents

Mountaineer Surface Mine No 1 Coal

Asset Mining LLC · Surface
Controlled by Parkstone Energy LLC
Whitesville, Boone County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608826

Mountaineer Surface Mine No 1 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
2001
Latest incident
May 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
34
citations
27
significant & substantial
$4,548
proposed penalties
$4,548
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
11
inspections on record
223
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: 223 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 Surface Mine No 1 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-03-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mountaineer Surface Mine No 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.36 mg/m3 (97% compliant) across 35 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.
0.36
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.85
dust max (mg/m3)
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
35
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-02-28.
Silica (quartz)
38.0
silica avg (%)
49.3
silica max (%)
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-02-20.
Noise
0%
over PEL
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-09-20.
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
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 3,264 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 11,170 1 1 89.5
2001 Q4 17,226 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 22,160 9 7 406.1
2001 Q2 20,419 0 0 0.0
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q1 20,990 12 10 571.7
2000 Q4 16,469 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,299 12 9 2264.6
2000 Q2 775 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2001 · 1 incident

May 30, 2001 WV · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hanover Resources LLC · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS DUMPING HIS LOAD AT THE DUMP AREA WHEN THE BED OF TRUCK STARTED DOWN IT JARRED HIM IN THE SEAT CAUSING PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA.

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The full compliance file on Mountaineer Surface Mine No 1

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.