Mining Incidents

No. 10 Coal

Controlled by James River Coal Company
Gilbert, Mingo County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4609110

No. 10 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2006–2007
Latest incident
Mar 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
29
citations
7
significant & substantial
$2,649
proposed penalties
$2,211
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $438 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
8
inspections on record
346
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: 346 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 $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-02-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No. 10 shows respirable coal dust averaging 1.07 mg/m3 (74% compliant) across 62 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.
1.07
dust avg (mg/m3)
5.10
dust max (mg/m3)
74%
within 1.5 mg/m3
62
samples
Most recent sample: 2007-03-28.
Silica (quartz)
6.5
silica avg (%)
8.0
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-11-06.
Noise
0%
over PEL
7
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-07-20.
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
2007 Q1 22,485 4 1 177.9
2006 Q4 22,756 11 2 483.4
2006 Q3 23,794 9 4 378.2
2006 Q2 9,298 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 7,308 5 0 684.2
2005 Q4 3,854 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2007 · 3 incidents

March 27, 2007 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rockhouse Creek Development Corp. · Struck by falling object

Employee was removing bolts from a structure when a piece of draw rock fell hitting him on rt side of neck and shoulder.

February 5, 2007 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rockhouse Creek Development Corp. · Accident type, without injuries

No one was injured or any equipment involved. We have soft top conditions and low cover in this area. No cracks or water was present in this area during normal mining procedures.

January 2, 2007 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Rockhouse Creek Development Corp. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was putting pusher & finisher together caught left index finger between steel, pinching end of finer off.

2006 · 6 incidents

October 11, 2006 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rockhouse Creek Development Corp. · Accident type, without injuries

Unplanned roof fall in return entry. Area cribbed and dangered off to prevent entrance by fellow employees. Fall was approximately 18' wide by 30 ' long and 3' to 4' thick.

July 22, 2006 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rockhouse Creek Development Corp. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was bolting top in the #3 entry. He went to bend the roof bolt and pulled lower back.

May 30, 2006 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Newborn Contracting, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee bolting top when bolting operator being performed a piece of draw rock fell striking ee on left foot, lower back and top of head.

May 15, 2006 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Newborn Contracting, Inc. · Struck by falling object

bolting top in #7 hdg., piece of draw rock fell hitting ee on back of neck and forearm. (Contusion)

March 3, 2006 WV · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Newborn Contracting, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Had left hand outside operator compartment and on rubber bumper block. Steered scoop and caught fingers between bumper block and frame of scoop.

February 13, 2006 WV · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Newborn Contracting, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Bolting top, small piece of draw rock approximately 15" square - 1 1/2" to 2" thick fell and hit employee on lower back.

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The full compliance file on No. 10

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.