Mining Incidents

Navaro Surface Mine Operation Coal

Controlled by Gary Bowen II
Elbert, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608804

Navaro Surface Mine Operation has $42K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2001–2005
Latest incident
Aug 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
150
citations
92
significant & substantial
$41,994
proposed penalties
$34,655
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,339 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
30
inspections on record
1,304
inspection hours
11.5
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.
150 citations across 1,304 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Navaro Surface Mine Operation has $42K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 4 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.
$42K
proposed penalties
$38K
current assessed
$35K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
150 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-10-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Navaro Surface Mine Operation shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.30 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 94 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.
0.30
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.88
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
94
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-10-08.
Silica (quartz)
28.1
silica avg (%)
46.3
silica max (%)
7
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-10-16.
Noise
3%
over PEL
31
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-04-14.
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
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 1,859 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,662 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,033 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 11,549 7 4 606.1
2008 Q3 15,208 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 15,382 9 5 585.1
2008 Q1 17,204 0 0 0.0
Show 31 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q4 17,077 12 3 702.7
2007 Q3 13,843 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 17,185 13 11 756.5
2007 Q1 13,862 1 1 72.1
2006 Q4 15,553 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 17,374 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 16,796 9 7 535.8
2006 Q1 18,829 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 14,773 9 9 609.2
2005 Q3 16,988 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 13,629 10 7 733.7
2005 Q1 16,047 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 16,582 21 10 1266.4
2004 Q3 13,237 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 11,626 12 10 1032.2
2004 Q1 7,584 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 8,147 8 5 982.0
2003 Q3 8,260 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,524 11 8 1991.3
2003 Q1 4,569 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 7,034 6 5 853.0
2002 Q3 3,885 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,318 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 8,258 8 6 968.8
2001 Q4 12,982 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 11,658 3 0 257.3
2001 Q2 10,255 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,929 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,984 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,635 5 1 753.6
2000 Q1 1,650 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2005 · 1 incident

August 23, 2005 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mt View Resources Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PICKED UP THE HOOD OF A TRUCK TO CHECK THE OIL. STRAINED BACK WHILE LIFTING

2001 · 2 incidents

October 23, 2001 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mt View Resources Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

TAKING RADIATOR CAP OFF DOZER WHILE HOT.

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The full compliance file on Navaro Surface Mine Operation

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.