Little Seam Mining Co. · Fall onto or against objects
Employee fell on a small tree stump
Newhall Surface Mine No. 2 Coal
Little Seam Mining Co.
· Surface
Controlled by
Thomas D Little Jr
Cucumber,
Mcdowell County,
WV
·
NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 4609484
Newhall Surface Mine No. 2 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 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
- 2021
- Latest incident
- Jun 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
32
citations
6
significant & substantial
$4,516
proposed penalties
$4,416
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $100 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
31
inspections on record
812
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: 812 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 No. 2 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$100
outstanding
32 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-01-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Newhall Surface Mine No. 2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.22 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 49 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.0.22
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.18
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
49
samples
Most recent sample: 2024-02-13.
Silica (quartz)
7.5
silica avg (%)
11.6
silica max (%)
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-06-19.
Noise
0%
over PEL
40
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-05-20.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q2 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 2,799 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 3,289 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 4,450 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 3,975 | 2 | 0 | 503.1 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 3,213 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 3,475 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 5,839 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 6,640 | 2 | 1 | 301.2 |
| 2022 Q4 | 6,185 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 5,444 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 6,497 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 6,119 | 2 | 0 | 326.9 |
| 2021 Q4 | 5,321 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 3,144 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 5,627 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 3,916 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 3,265 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 2,835 | 1 | 0 | 352.7 |
| 2020 Q2 | 6,288 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 5,145 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 5,855 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 4,636 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 6,397 | 2 | 0 | 312.6 |
| 2019 Q1 | 5,584 | 1 | 0 | 179.1 |
| 2018 Q4 | 6,136 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 6,957 | 1 | 0 | 143.7 |
| 2018 Q2 | 6,075 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 5,303 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 5,839 | 4 | 3 | 685.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 5,096 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 6,854 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 6,274 | 3 | 0 | 478.2 |
| 2016 Q4 | 8,383 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 3,527 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 2,048 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 3,032 | 1 | 0 | 329.8 |
| 2015 Q4 | 5,290 | 1 | 0 | 189.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 5,803 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 5,129 | 3 | 1 | 584.9 |
| 2015 Q1 | 4,110 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 3,300 | 4 | 0 | 1212.1 |
| 2014 Q3 | 3,080 | 1 | 0 | 324.7 |
| 2014 Q2 | 1,080 | 4 | 1 | 3703.7 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2021 · 1 incident
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