Mining Incidents

Nailler Mine No 79: 5 MSHA citations Coal

Controlled by Robert E Murray
Mannington, Marion County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4605620

Nailler Mine No 79 has $500 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
3
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Jul 1984
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
5
citations
0
significant & substantial
$500
proposed penalties
$500
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
7
inspections on record
52
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: 52 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Nailler Mine No 79 has $500 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.
$500
proposed penalties
$500
current assessed
$500
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-09-29.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Consolidation Coal Company 1977 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Nailler Mine No 79 sits in Marion County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.9% 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.
Marion County, West Virginia · Population 56,042
3.9%
Mining share of county employment
$67,537
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1984 · 1 incident

1983 · 2 incidents

April 26, 1983 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUPERVISING JOB OF LOWERING STRUCTURE ,LOOKED UNDER TAKE-UP AND CUT RIGHT EAR ON SHARP EDGE OF STRUCTURE BEAM.

March 9, 1983 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Consolidation Coal Company · Struck by flying object

GROUND LEVEL OF PREP PLANT KNOCKING A HOLE THREW A CEMENT WALK WITH A HAMMER AND CHISEL AND A FOREIGN OBJECT IMPALED IN HIS LT FOREHAND