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No 1: 37 MSHA citations Coal

Trinity Management Corp · Underground
Controlled by Goff Scott A
Amherstdale, Logan County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608591

No 1 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
1997–2000
Latest incident
May 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
37
citations
10
significant & substantial
$3,815
proposed penalties
$286
paid to date
7% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,529 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Trinity Management Corp's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
13
inspections on record
348
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: 348 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No 1 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$286
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-07-18.
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.
27.8%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
27.8%
reasonably likely or greater
19.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.6% low, 94.4% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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
WEVA20000065 Default Barbour 2000 $1K → $1K
WEVA20000066 Default Barbour 2000 $317 → $317
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No 1 shows 95% of 63 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: 2000-07-25, 26 years ago
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
63
samples
2.68
dust max (mg/m3)
42 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 21 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR22
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (OFF STANDARD)7
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)7

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2000-05-17, 26 years ago
17.0
silica avg (%)
5
samples
21.3
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR3
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

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: 2000-02-17, 26 years ago
20%
over PEL
5
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • ROOF BOLTER (SINGLE HEAD)2
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR1
  • SCOOP CAR OPERATOR1
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

No 1 recorded 14.63 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.

Injury rate, 2000
ⓘ 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.
14.63
total case rate
9.75
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 7.74 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 8.87 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Parsley Enterprises Inc 1996 to 1997
  2. Trinity Management Corp 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
2000 22 245,459
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

No 1 sits in Logan County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.6% 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.
Logan County, West Virginia · Population 31,826
6.6%
Mining share of county employment
$47,237
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
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 8,888 4 2 450.0
2000 Q2 18,504 6 4 324.3
2000 Q1 13,614 22 3 1616.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

17 on file

2000 · 3 incidents

March 20, 2000 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Trinity Management Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

3 MEN PUTTING UP HEADER 4 X 8 X 16 COMPLAINED OF BACK HURTING.

February 21, 2000 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Trinity Management Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RELIEVE OUT MAN MOVING MINER BACK TO CLEAN UP CUT OF COAL. MOVED TO RIGHT STRIKING MINER OPERATOR.

1999 · 2 incidents

April 21, 1999 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner ELECTRICAL
Trinity Management Corp · Contact with electrical current

TALKING ON TELEPHONE DURING ELECTRICAL STORM. OUTSIDE IN MINE OFFICE.

1998 · 9 incidents

November 7, 1998 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Trinity Management Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS BOLTING TOP IN NO. 2 HEADING LEFT BREAK WHEN SWING JACK BROKE AND BOOM SWING OFFSIDE OF BOLTER PINNED HIM AGAINST RIB. HURTING RIGHT SHOULDER AND LOWER BACK. ESTIMATED TIME 4 DAYS FROM W ORK.

October 29, 1998 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Trinity Management Corp · Struck by falling object

THIS WAS HELPING ELEC. PUT A GATHERING HEAD POT IN MINER AND POT FELL ON LEFT HAND MASHING 3 FINGERS. HE CEASED WORK RETURNED ON THE NEXT SHIFT OF WORK.

October 27, 1998 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Trinity Management Corp · Struck by falling object

THIS MAN WAS BUILDING A BACKSTOP AT #2 TAILPIECE WHEN CRIB BLOCK FELL OVER THAT HE WAS STACKING HITTING HIM ON LEFT KNEE. HE NEVER CEASED WORK.

October 21, 1998 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Trinity Management Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WENT TO MOVE HEADERS IN #3 ENTRY 2 BREAKS OUTBY FACE AREA AND THE HEADER ROLLED OVER BRUISING LEFT HAND. IT WAS A 6" X 6" X 8". HE KEPT ON WORKING.

October 6, 1998 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Trinity Management Corp · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

CROSSING CATWAQLK OVER B ELT SLIPPED & FELL OFF HITTING BELT LINE.

April 6, 1998 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Trinity Management Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE CUT FOREHEAD-EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING REEL CABLE, LID TO REEL CABLE FELL ON HEAD.

March 16, 1998 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Trinity Management Corp · Struck against a moving object

EE STATED HE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR, HIT SOME BUMBS AND WAS THROWN INTO THE ROOF OF THE CAB, THEN THE EE STATED HE WAS THROWN OUT OF THE CAB.

February 19, 1998 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Trinity Management Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

RUNNING MINER LIFTING MINER CABLE PAIIN IN LOWR BACK HIT THE GROUND

1997 · 3 incidents

July 7, 1997 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Trinity Management Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED THAT HE WAS DROPPING MINER CABLE, DID NOT RELEASE IT FROM HAND SO IT PULLED HIS LEFT ARM.

June 3, 1997 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Trinity Management Corp · Struck by falling object

EE HAD JUST PUT A WHEEL UNIT ON A SHUTTLE CAR, SAT DOWN TO CLEAN TOOLS, A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF HITTING EE ON LEGS.

April 23, 1997 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Trinity Management Corp · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS TRAMMING SHUTTLE CAR HIT HOLE IN ROADWAY BOUNCING HIM AGAINST CANOPY.