Sally Ann Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
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 Coal
Sally Ann Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Edward A Asbury
Welch,
Mcdowell County,
WV
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4607366
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
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1,534
citations
347
significant & substantial
$727,396
proposed penalties
$400,649
paid to date
55% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $326,747 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
202
inspections on record
10,046
inspection hours
15.3
citations per 100 inspection hours
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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.1,534 citations across 10,046 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
No 1 has $727K in proposed MSHA penalties and $56K outstanding across 89 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.$727K
proposed penalties
$456K
current assessed
$401K
paid to date
$56K
outstanding
1,496 assessments are final orders; 89 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at No 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.36 mg/m3 (98% compliant) across 2,483 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.0.36
dust avg (mg/m3)
10.48
dust max (mg/m3)
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
2,483
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-01-14.
Silica (quartz)
9.6
silica avg (%)
37.2
silica max (%)
138
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-12-11.
Noise
5%
over PEL
142
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-12-04.
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 | 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 |
| 2024 Q2 | 7,989 | 21 | 3 | 2628.6 |
| 2024 Q1 | 9,833 | 31 | 4 | 3152.6 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 23 | 1 | 3222.6 |
| 2021 Q2 | 7,070 | 28 | 4 | 3960.4 |
| 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 | 28 | 3 | 3190.5 |
| 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 | 26 | 4 | 2703.3 |
| 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 | 25 | 14 | 3177.8 |
| 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 | 24 | 8 | 2003.8 |
| 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 | 10 | 9 | 2328.3 |
| 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 | 11 | 4 | 983.9 |
| 2002 Q1 | 10,952 | 3 | 0 | 273.9 |
| 2001 Q4 | 10,380 | 12 | 7 | 1156.1 |
| 2001 Q3 | 9,079 | 37 | 19 | 4075.3 |
| 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 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
11 on file2025 · 1 incident
2023 · 1 incident
Sally Ann Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
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
Sally Ann Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
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
February 7, 2013
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sally Ann Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
Employee was unloading timbers when a timber fell and struck employee on the right wrist.
2010 · 1 incident
December 28, 2010
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sally Ann Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
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
Ruscat Enterprises, Inc. · Struck against stationary object
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
Ruscat Enterprises, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries
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.
October 27, 2006
WV · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Ruscat Enterprises, Inc. · Struck by falling object
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
February 20, 2001
WV · Coal
scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Blue Haven Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SCOOP WHEN HE PLACED HIS HAND BETWEEN BOTH SECTION OF SCOOP.
January 31, 2001
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Blue Haven Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
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
Phil-Matt Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object
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.
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