Mining Incidents

No. 10 Coal

Argus Energy WV LLC · Underground
Controlled by James H Booth
Dunlow, Wayne County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609428

No. 10 has $35K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 11 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2012–2013
Latest incident
Feb 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
57
citations
13
significant & substantial
$34,631
proposed penalties
$27,275
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,356 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
8
inspections on record
437
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: 437 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 $35K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 11 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.
$35K
proposed penalties
$27K
current assessed
$27K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
56 assessments are final orders; 11 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-04-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No. 10 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.26 mg/m3 (98% compliant) across 64 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.
0.26
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.55
dust max (mg/m3)
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
64
samples
Most recent sample: 2013-05-01.
Silica (quartz)
6.0
silica avg (%)
6.2
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-11-20.
Noise
0%
over PEL
12
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-11-07.
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
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 15,212 9 1 591.6
2013 Q1 24,599 19 1 772.4
2012 Q4 22,208 7 2 315.2
2012 Q3 18,822 14 4 743.8
2012 Q2 15,961 8 5 501.2
2012 Q1 792 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2013 · 1 incident

February 13, 2013 WV · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Argus Energy WV LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Hit his finger with a slate bar while working on the belts.

2012 · 2 incidents

July 25, 2012 WV · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Argus Energy WV LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Pulling curtains across 001 section to hang pulled muscle in left leg. Section wet and muddy

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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.