Employee stated that while lifting a bag of rock dust, they felt a pain in their lower belly. Work location: Surface supply yard.
No 1: 1,535 MSHA citations Coal
No 1 has $727K in proposed MSHA penalties and $56K outstanding across 89 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 11
- Years on record
- 1988–2025
- Latest incident
- Oct 2025
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.No 1 has $727K in proposed MSHA penalties and $56K outstanding across 89 contested dockets.
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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.ⓘ
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.ⓘ
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.- Settled 520 · 92%
- Stood as issued 21 · 4%
- Vacated or withdrawn 6 · 1%
- Still open 16 · 3%
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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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.ⓘ
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.| Docket | Decision | Judge | Year | Proposed / upheld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEVA 2011-1672 | Settlement | Harner | 2014 | $63K → $12K |
| WEVA 2025-0278 | Settlement | Bulluck | 2025 | $48K → $14K |
| WEVA 2020-0499 | Settlement | Rae | 2020 | $29K → $17K |
| WEVA 2023-0436 | Settlement | Young | 2024 | $25K → $6K |
| WEVA 2009-432 | Settlement | Melick | 2011 | $21K → $11K |
| WEVA 2021-0297 | Settlement | Sullivan | 2021 | $21K → $14K |
MSHA sampling at No 1 shows 98% of 2,483 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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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.
Last sampled: 2026-01-14
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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.ⓘ
The excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR924
- ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)406
- SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)242
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2025-12-11- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR65
- ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)23
- SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)17
Noise
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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: 2025-12-04
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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.- TRACTOR OPERATOR/MOTORMAN32
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR23
- SCOOP CAR OPERATOR13
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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 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 100% | 6 |
| 2025 | 100% | 76 |
| 2024 | 98% | 184 |
| 2023 | 100% | 231 |
| 2022 | 99% | 97 |
| 2021 | 99% | 178 |
| 2020 | 100% | 100 |
| 2019 | 99% | 209 |
| 2018 | 100% | 234 |
| 2017 | 100% | 249 |
| 2016 | 100% | 144 |
| 2015 | 98% | 42 |
| 2013 | 93% | 29 |
| 2012 | 93% | 54 |
| 2011 | 94% | 64 |
| 2010 | 89% | 19 |
| 2009 | 95% | 22 |
| 2008 | 94% | 71 |
| 2007 | 96% | 53 |
| 2006 | 100% | 45 |
| 2005 | 97% | 66 |
| 2004 | 95% | 65 |
| 2003 | 95% | 41 |
| 2002 | 98% | 55 |
| 2001 | 89% | 74 |
| 2000 | 91% | 75 |
| Year | silica avg (%) | samples |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.5 | 8 |
| 2024 | 6.0 | 8 |
| 2023 | 6.6 | 10 |
| 2022 | 6.2 | 11 |
| 2021 | 5.7 | 11 |
| 2020 | 6.6 | 6 |
| 2019 | 9.2 | 10 |
| 2018 | 8.4 | 9 |
| 2017 | 5.6 | 7 |
| 2016 | 18.7 | 3 |
| 2015 | 11.0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 20.4 | 1 |
| 2011 | 17.8 | 3 |
| 2010 | 16.2 | 1 |
| 2009 | 37.0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 11.0 | 5 |
| 2007 | 17.7 | 4 |
| 2006 | 14.9 | 2 |
| 2005 | 7.4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 7.2 | 5 |
| 2003 | 9.4 | 5 |
| 2002 | 11.0 | 5 |
| 2001 | 16.5 | 9 |
| 2000 | 7.6 | 7 |
| Year | over PEL | samples |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0% | 14 |
| 2024 | 0% | 6 |
| 2023 | 33% | 12 |
| 2022 | 0% | 7 |
| 2021 | 0% | 12 |
| 2020 | 0% | 3 |
| 2019 | 0% | 10 |
| 2017 | 14% | 7 |
| 2016 | 0% | 6 |
| 2015 | 0% | 16 |
| 2012 | 0% | 4 |
| 2011 | 0% | 9 |
| 2010 | 0% | 1 |
| 2009 | 0% | 1 |
| 2008 | 0% | 13 |
| 2005 | 0% | 5 |
| 2004 | 0% | 5 |
| 2003 | 17% | 6 |
| 2000 | 20% | 5 |
No 1 recorded 9.60 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
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This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.| Year | total case rate | days-away | fatal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 * | 9.60 | 9.60 | 0.000 |
| 2024 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2023 * | 5.15 | 5.15 | 0.000 |
| 2022 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2021 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2019 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2018 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2017 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
- Phil-Matt Mining Company Inc 1987 to 1999
- Blue Haven Energy Inc 1999 to 2004
- Ruscat Enterprises, Inc. 2004 to 2010
- Sally Ann Coal Company Inc 2010 to present
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Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.| Year | Employees | Coal produced (tons) |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 1,106 |
| 2025 | 12 | 9,247 |
| 2024 | 14 | 20,397 |
| 2023 | 15 | 18,692 |
| 2022 | 13 | 19,345 |
| 2021 | 11 | 16,501 |
| 2020 | 11 | 11,066 |
| 2019 | 14 | 39,478 |
| 2018 | 14 | 29,355 |
| 2017 | 15 | 46,628 |
| 2016 | 15 | 38,399 |
| 2015 | 11 | 25,139 |
| 2014 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 7 | 18,867 |
| 2012 | 14 | 38,225 |
| 2011 | 14 | 36,360 |
| 2010 | 9 | 17,995 |
| 2009 | 8 | 15,781 |
| 2008 | 16 | 55,139 |
| 2007 | 21 | 79,289 |
| 2006 | 20 | 72,008 |
| 2005 | 20 | 80,706 |
| 2004 | 21 | 88,375 |
| 2003 | 9 | 35,313 |
| 2002 | 17 | 53,521 |
| 2001 | 17 | 56,700 |
| 2000 | 13 | 94,221 |
No 1 sits in McDowell County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 13.0% of county employment.
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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.ⓘ
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.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | 1,440 | 6 | 1 | 4166.7 |
| 2026 Q1 | 2,415 | 34 | 5 | 14078.7 |
| 2025 Q4 | 6,557 | 43 | 12 | 6557.9 |
| 2025 Q3 | 6,014 | 33 | 4 | 5487.2 |
| 2025 Q2 | 3,083 | 15 | 2 | 4865.4 |
| 2025 Q1 | 5,182 | 31 | 3 | 5982.2 |
| 2024 Q4 | 7,921 | 19 | 2 | 2398.7 |
| 2024 Q3 | 7,389 | 18 | 0 | 2436.1 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
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| 2024 Q2 | 7,989 | 21 | 3 | 2628.6 |
| 2024 Q1 | 9,833 | 31 | 4 | 3152.6 |
| 2023 Q4 | 9,767 | 31 | 7 | 3174.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 8,943 | 36 | 6 | 4025.5 |
| 2023 Q2 | 9,875 | 26 | 6 | 2632.9 |
| 2023 Q1 | 10,272 | 11 | 0 | 1070.9 |
| 2022 Q4 | 8,927 | 13 | 0 | 1456.3 |
| 2022 Q3 | 8,167 | 19 | 2 | 2326.4 |
| 2022 Q2 | 8,875 | 16 | 4 | 1802.8 |
| 2022 Q1 | 6,737 | 25 | 2 | 3710.9 |
| 2021 Q4 | 6,439 | 34 | 2 | 5280.3 |
| 2021 Q3 | 7,137 | 22 | 1 | 3082.5 |
| 2021 Q2 | 7,070 | 27 | 4 | 3819.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 5,338 | 35 | 6 | 6556.8 |
| 2020 Q4 | 407 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 354 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 8,137 | 26 | 7 | 3195.3 |
| 2020 Q1 | 8,130 | 28 | 2 | 3444.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 9,688 | 31 | 5 | 3199.8 |
| 2019 Q3 | 9,741 | 9 | 0 | 923.9 |
| 2019 Q2 | 9,063 | 18 | 7 | 1986.1 |
| 2019 Q1 | 8,776 | 27 | 3 | 3076.6 |
| 2018 Q4 | 8,443 | 19 | 1 | 2250.4 |
| 2018 Q3 | 8,133 | 35 | 6 | 4303.5 |
| 2018 Q2 | 9,395 | 15 | 1 | 1596.6 |
| 2018 Q1 | 10,726 | 26 | 6 | 2424.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 10,385 | 18 | 6 | 1733.3 |
| 2017 Q3 | 9,707 | 15 | 5 | 1545.3 |
| 2017 Q2 | 10,183 | 39 | 4 | 3829.9 |
| 2017 Q1 | 10,085 | 18 | 6 | 1784.8 |
| 2016 Q4 | 8,036 | 33 | 5 | 4106.5 |
| 2016 Q3 | 9,618 | 25 | 4 | 2599.3 |
| 2016 Q2 | 6,685 | 1 | 0 | 149.6 |
| 2016 Q1 | 3,268 | 3 | 0 | 918.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 5,908 | 10 | 1 | 1692.6 |
| 2015 Q3 | 6,978 | 13 | 2 | 1863.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 7,160 | 13 | 3 | 1815.6 |
| 2015 Q1 | 6,877 | 1 | 0 | 145.4 |
| 2014 Q4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q3 | 645 | 1 | 1 | 1550.4 |
| 2013 Q2 | 7,179 | 13 | 4 | 1810.8 |
| 2013 Q1 | 6,489 | 7 | 0 | 1078.7 |
| 2012 Q4 | 7,425 | 17 | 3 | 2289.6 |
| 2012 Q3 | 6,600 | 17 | 5 | 2575.8 |
| 2012 Q2 | 6,978 | 14 | 11 | 2006.3 |
| 2012 Q1 | 8,757 | 6 | 0 | 685.2 |
| 2011 Q4 | 7,867 | 24 | 13 | 3050.7 |
| 2011 Q3 | 8,225 | 4 | 0 | 486.3 |
| 2011 Q2 | 8,256 | 5 | 0 | 605.6 |
| 2011 Q1 | 7,194 | 9 | 1 | 1251.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 13,925 | 7 | 4 | 502.7 |
| 2010 Q3 | 5,721 | 36 | 6 | 6292.6 |
| 2010 Q2 | 1,564 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q2 | 6,444 | 1 | 0 | 155.2 |
| 2009 Q1 | 9,714 | 22 | 9 | 2264.8 |
| 2008 Q4 | 8,405 | 37 | 9 | 4402.1 |
| 2008 Q3 | 8,026 | 17 | 16 | 2118.1 |
| 2008 Q2 | 10,454 | 6 | 0 | 573.9 |
| 2008 Q1 | 11,977 | 22 | 7 | 1836.9 |
| 2007 Q4 | 11,439 | 5 | 2 | 437.1 |
| 2007 Q3 | 18,896 | 24 | 5 | 1270.1 |
| 2007 Q2 | 12,661 | 4 | 1 | 315.9 |
| 2007 Q1 | 12,928 | 1 | 0 | 77.4 |
| 2006 Q4 | 12,190 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 12,492 | 12 | 4 | 960.6 |
| 2006 Q2 | 13,258 | 5 | 1 | 377.1 |
| 2006 Q1 | 11,649 | 12 | 2 | 1030.1 |
| 2005 Q4 | 12,975 | 16 | 1 | 1233.1 |
| 2005 Q3 | 11,807 | 1 | 1 | 84.7 |
| 2005 Q2 | 12,923 | 11 | 5 | 851.2 |
| 2005 Q1 | 13,235 | 12 | 3 | 906.7 |
| 2004 Q4 | 13,705 | 2 | 0 | 145.9 |
| 2004 Q3 | 13,108 | 7 | 4 | 534.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 12,061 | 9 | 4 | 746.2 |
| 2004 Q1 | 11,763 | 9 | 3 | 765.1 |
| 2003 Q4 | 8,090 | 6 | 1 | 741.7 |
| 2003 Q3 | 5,912 | 9 | 2 | 1522.3 |
| 2003 Q2 | 4,295 | 6 | 5 | 1397.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q4 | 1,553 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 7,099 | 4 | 0 | 563.5 |
| 2002 Q2 | 11,180 | 10 | 3 | 894.5 |
| 2002 Q1 | 10,952 | 3 | 0 | 273.9 |
| 2001 Q4 | 10,380 | 12 | 7 | 1156.1 |
| 2001 Q3 | 9,079 | 34 | 17 | 3744.9 |
| 2001 Q2 | 7,394 | 22 | 10 | 2975.4 |
| 2001 Q1 | 9,629 | 18 | 9 | 1869.4 |
| 2000 Q4 | 8,902 | 21 | 8 | 2359.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 8,885 | 5 | 1 | 562.7 |
| 2000 Q2 | 9,159 | 2 | 0 | 218.4 |
| 2000 Q1 | 6,325 | 1 | 0 | 158.1 |
Reportable incidents
11 on file2025 · 1 incident
2023 · 1 incident
Employee was operating a scoop when the scoop slid sideways. The operator's deck on the scoop slid under a braw, the employee was pushed down in the operator's deck by the braw.
2016 · 1 incident
Employee had just returned to the surface and while standing in the parking lot, employee felt a sharp pain in employee's right knee, employee stated - employee's leg "gave out", causing employee to fall to the ground.
2013 · 1 incident
Employee was unloading timbers when a timber fell and struck employee on the right wrist.
2010 · 1 incident
Employee was helping to make a belt splice, when he knuckled the clamp off the crossbar came back and struck employee on the head.
2008 · 1 incident
Employee was operating rubber tired man trip when he apparently struck a rock in the roadway causing the steering wheel to jerk.
2006 · 2 incidents
Roof fall occurred between 4 p.m. 11/1/06 & 7 a.m. 11/2/06, #1 entry. From spad #126 inby for a distance of 70-75'. Fall was timbered, cribs set & dangered off. Fall was reported 7:10 a.m. on 11/02/06.
Employee was traveling up intake on a mantrip when a piece of draw rock fell and struck employee on his rt. knee.
2001 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SCOOP WHEN HE PLACED HIS HAND BETWEEN BOTH SECTION OF SCOOP.
EE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLT WHILE PUSHING UP ON ROOF BOLT THE BOLT SLIPPED OUT OF DRILL PAD &] STRUCK EE LEFT THUMB
1988 · 1 incident
A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK SLAB FELL DOWN FROM FACE CUT WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS TAMPING A CUT OF COAL UP AND CAUGHT HIM ACROSS THE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK. EMPLOYEE WAS COMPLAINING OF PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SIDE AND AUMMONED TO WELCH EMERGENCY.