Mining Incidents

Newhall Surface Mine Coal

Controlled by Thomas D Little Jr
Newhall, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609113

Newhall Surface Mine has $9K 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
2012
Latest incident
Mar 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
16
citations
12
significant & substantial
$8,743
proposed penalties
$8,743
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
5
inspections on record
159
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: 159 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Newhall Surface Mine has $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-09-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Newhall Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.19 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 15 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.
0.19
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.72
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
15
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-09-13.
Noise
0%
over PEL
15
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-09-13.
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
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 1,325 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,008 15 12 3742.5
2011 Q2 4,025 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,888 1 0 257.2
2010 Q4 3,240 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,700 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,140 0 0 0.0
Show 1 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q1 1,120 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2012 · 1 incident

March 22, 2012 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Little Seam Mining Co. · Fall onto or against objects

EE's foot slipped while working on D11 dozer causing him to fall forward hitting left side of chest on the grab iron causing injury to chest.

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