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No 2: 23 MSHA citations Coal

Controlled by Eddie Hurley
Thacker, Mingo County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607761

No 2 has $2K 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
9
Years on record
1990–2000
Latest incident
Jun 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
23
citations
5
significant & substantial
$1,718
proposed penalties
$1,718
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Continuous Mining Company Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
30
inspections on record
520
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: 520 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 2 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-11-08.
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.
21.7%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
21.7%
reasonably likely or greater
8.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.7% low, 91.3% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No 2 shows 97% of 64 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: 2000-12-12, 25 years ago
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
64
samples
2.29
dust max (mg/m3)
32 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 32 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR35
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)8
  • ROOF BOLTER (SINGLE HEAD)4

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2000-11-28, 25 years ago
7.9
silica avg (%)
5
samples
11.6
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR5
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: 2000-03-09, 26 years ago
0%
over PEL
5
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • BELT MAN/CONVEYOR MAN1
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR1
  • ROOF BOLTER (SINGLE HEAD)1
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

No 2 recorded 18.16 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.
18.16
total case rate
14.52
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. Shine Coal Company Inc 1989 to 1990
  2. Mahon Enterprise Inc 1990 to 1999
  3. Continuous Mining Company Inc 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)
2002 0
2001 4 7,268
2000 27 149,289
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

No 2 sits in Mingo County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 15.0% 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.
Mingo County, West Virginia · Population 22,979
15.0%
Mining share of county employment
$39,527
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
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 4,958 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 11,157 4 1 358.5
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q3 11,533 8 1 693.7
2000 Q2 14,234 6 2 421.5
2000 Q1 18,156 5 1 275.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2000 · 6 incidents

March 23, 2000 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Continuous Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS BOLTING TOP. ATRS WAS SET, ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN ATRS AND OPR.

March 15, 2000 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Continuous Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS BOLTING TOP ATRS WAS SET PIOR AT ROCK FELL OUT STRUCK HE ON ROCK. EE RESULT AND WAS IN OUT

March 3, 2000 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Continuous Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

WATER IN TOP AND THIN MUD SEAM ABOUT 4 1/2 FT. UP. THE MUD SEAM COULD NOT BE DETECTED AT TIME OFBOLTING THIS AREA. FIRST FALL THE PLACE WAS NOT BOLTED.

March 3, 2000 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Continuous Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS BOLTING TOP. ATRS WAS SET AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT OF TOP AND STRUCK EE ON BACK AND ANKLE. 2 OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE PRESENT WHEN IT OCCURRED.

1990 · 3 incidents

May 31, 1990 WV · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mahon Enterprise Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

PUTTING BREAKER IN ON SCOOP WHICH ENERGIZED THE SCOOP THE SCOOP MOVED KNOCKING I NAME TO GROUND INJURING SHOULDER

May 21, 1990 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mahon Enterprise Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS CARRYING A VALVE CHEST THAT GOES ON A 15RU JOY CUTTING MACHINE. AS HE LOWERED THE COMPONENT TO THE TOP OF THE MACHINE, HE SUFFERED AN ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN.

March 21, 1990 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Mahon Enterprise Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED HAD WALKED IN BEHIND ENDLOADER WHEN ENDLOADER BACKED UP SLIGHTLY STRIKING FOOT.