Mining Incidents

Negley Wash Plant: 32 MSHA citations Coal

State Line Resources Inc · Facility
Controlled by Charles H Muse Jr
Negley, Columbiana County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3304287

Negley Wash Plant has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
32
citations
12
significant & substantial
$7,596
proposed penalties
$7,088
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $508 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
49
inspections on record
921
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: 921 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Negley Wash Plant has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-09-20.
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.
38.7%
significant & substantial
9.7%
high negligence or reckless
38.7%
reasonably likely or greater
22.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 32.3% low, 58.1% moderate, 9.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
25%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $1K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2011-12-02.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
LAKE 2012-197 Settlement Lesnick 2013 $1K → $840
LAKE 2010-83 Settlement Lewis 2011 $946 → $650
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Negley Wash Plant shows 100% of 50 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.

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.

Last sampled: 2012-03-28, 14 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
50
samples
1.38
dust max (mg/m3)
37 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 13 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER22
  • CLEANING PLANT OPERATOR18
  • UTILITY MAN4

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2006-02-22, 20 years ago
0.7
silica avg (%)
2
samples
0.7
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CLEANING PLANT OPERATOR2

Noise
The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.

Last sampled: 2011-09-20, 14 years ago
9%
over PEL
22
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER10
  • CLEANING PLANT OPERATOR7
  • BACKHOE OPERATOR1
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Health sampling trend
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 by year
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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2012 100% 2
2011 100% 3
2010 100% 3
2009 100% 3
2008 100% 9
2007 100% 4
2006 100% 2
2005 100% 2
2004 100% 4
2003 100% 1
2002 100% 6
2001 100% 5
2000 100% 6
Silica (quartz) by year
Year silica avg (%) samples
2006 0.7 1
2002 0.6 1
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2011 0% 2
2010 0% 1
2009 0% 3
2008 0% 1
2007 0% 4
2006 0% 1
2004 0% 2
2003 50% 2
2002 50% 2
2001 0% 2
2000 0% 2
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. State Line Resources Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2012 9
2011 7
2010 4
2009 5
2008 6
2007 6
2006 4
2005 3
2004 7
2003 5
2002 5
2001 5
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Negley Wash Plant sits in Columbiana County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Columbiana County, Ohio · Population 101,203
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$58,474
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2012 Q2 4,743 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,969 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,771 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,786 1 1 264.1
2011 Q2 4,735 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,645 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,523 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,734 1 1 365.8
Show 41 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q2 2,009 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,498 2 1 1335.1
2009 Q4 2,703 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,597 6 1 2310.4
2009 Q2 3,041 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,721 1 0 367.5
2008 Q4 2,987 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,322 1 0 301.0
2008 Q2 4,502 1 0 222.1
2008 Q1 4,698 13 6 2767.1
2007 Q4 3,428 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,012 1 0 332.0
2007 Q2 3,092 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,761 3 2 797.7
2006 Q4 4,216 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,694 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,980 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,500 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,508 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,508 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,280 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,948 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,914 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,840 2 0 520.8
2004 Q2 4,500 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,300 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,300 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,300 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,300 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,300 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,300 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,300 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,300 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,300 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,300 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,300 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,300 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,300 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,300 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,300 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,300 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.