Mining Incidents

No 1 Mine Coal

Brashear Coal Mines · Surface
Westernport, Allegany County, MD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1800263

No 1 Mine has $745 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
2006
Latest incident
Jan 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
15
citations
0
significant & substantial
$745
proposed penalties
$745
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
34
inspections on record
354
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: 354 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 Mine has $745 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.
$745
proposed penalties
$745
current assessed
$745
paid to date
$0
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-04-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No 1 Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.21 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 46 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.
0.21
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.05
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
46
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-06-20.
Silica (quartz)
7.4
silica avg (%)
12.2
silica max (%)
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-04-10.
Noise
7%
over PEL
14
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-02-13.
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
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 1,717 6 0 3494.5
2006 Q1 2,500 2 0 800.0
2005 Q4 2,472 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,081 0 0 0.0
Show 22 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 1,841 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,480 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,121 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,423 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,285 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,575 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,593 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,711 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,993 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,339 1 0 427.5
2002 Q3 2,759 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,620 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,351 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,145 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,358 4 0 1696.4
2001 Q2 2,252 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,718 2 0 1164.1
2000 Q4 1,525 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,530 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,402 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,330 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2006 · 1 incident

January 11, 2006 MD · Coal FIRE
Brashear Coal Mines · Accident type, without injuries

Brashear Coal Mines in no way accepts responsibility for the mine fire. This fire is the responsibility of the Contractor, Tri Star Mining. They were told several times to extinguish this fire, which they refused to do. However, Brashear Coal Mines is filing this report and will submit a plan for extinguishing said fire since it is on our permit and it is our coal which is burning.

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