Mining Incidents

Nassau Surface Mine Coal

Controlled by Gary Bowen II
Elbert, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608740

Nassau Surface Mine has $277 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Nassau Surface Mine.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1999
Latest incident
Apr 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
3
citations
3
significant & substantial
$277
proposed penalties
$277
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
3
inspections on record
120
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: 120 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Nassau Surface Mine has $277 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.
$277
proposed penalties
$277
current assessed
$277
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-11-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Nassau Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.36 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 17 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)
0.84
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
17
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-11-28.
Silica (quartz)
18.0
silica avg (%)
29.5
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-12-04.
Noise
50%
over PEL
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-03-22.
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
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 3,254 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 7,460 1 1 134.0
2000 Q3 10,037 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 11,804 2 2 169.4
2000 Q1 10,877 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1999 · 1 incident

April 2, 1999 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Split Fork Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING DOZER OVER ROCKS AND JARRED NECK AND BACK, AND HIT KNEE.

For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants

The full compliance file on Nassau Surface 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.