Mining Incidents

No 10: 1 MSHA citation Coal

Controlled by Forest Coal Company
Hammondsville, Jefferson County, OH  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3304446

No 10 has $69 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
2
Years on record
2001
Latest incident
Mar 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
1
citations
1
significant & substantial
$69
proposed penalties
$69
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
16
inspections on record
220
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: 220 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 10 has $69 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.
$69
proposed penalties
$69
current assessed
$69
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-02-05.
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.
100.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
100.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Mountain Spring Coal Company 1999 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)
2001 9 7,552
2000 10 208
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

No 10 sits in Jefferson County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 1.2% 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.
Jefferson County, Ohio · Population 64,855
1.2%
Mining share of county employment
$56,983
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
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 18,247 1 1 54.8
2000 Q4 3,211 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2001 · 2 incidents

March 1, 2001 OH · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Mountain Spring Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS HELPING LOOSEN A HUNG UP MINING MACHINE FROM MUD. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE A CRIB BLOCK UNDER THE TREADS OF THE UNIT AND IT LUNGEDBEFORE HE COULD REMOVE HIS HAND. THE TRACKS CUT HIS RIGHT HAND. THE MINING UNIT ITSELF WAS NOT DAMAGED AND MUD COULD POSSIBLE BE A FACTOR. NO RULES OR SAFETY REGULATION VIOLATED BUT MORE AWARENESS FROM WORKERS COULD BE A FACTOR.

February 21, 2001 OH · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Mountain Spring Coal Company · Contact with cold

CLAIMANT WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE AND IN THE PROCESS FOT HIS HANDS AND CLOTHES WET. UPON COMPLETING THIS TASK HE THEN MOVED TO A BRIDGE UNIT AND DID NOT CHANGE CLOTHES OR GLOVES. T HIS HAPPENED OVER A TIME OF THE WHOLE SHIFT AND HE WAS DIAGNOSED THAT EVENING AS HAVING FROST BITTEN FINGERS. NO RULES WERE VIOLATED, MINING EQUIP WAS NOT INVOLVED BUT MORE ALERTNESS ON CLAIM