Mining Incidents

No 2 Deep Mine Coal

Controlled by John W Smith
DINGESS, Mingo County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609187

No 2 Deep Mine has $475K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60K outstanding across 13 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at No 2 Deep Mine.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
31
Years on record
2007–2011
Latest incident
Aug 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
597
citations
210
significant & substantial
$474,970
proposed penalties
$364,332
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $110,638 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
34
inspections on record
2,925
inspection hours
20.4
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.
597 citations across 2,925 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No 2 Deep Mine has $475K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60K outstanding across 13 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.
$475K
proposed penalties
$424K
current assessed
$364K
paid to date
$60K
outstanding
583 assessments are final orders; 13 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-12-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No 2 Deep Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.40 mg/m3 (96% compliant) across 398 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.
0.40
dust avg (mg/m3)
4.78
dust max (mg/m3)
96%
within 1.5 mg/m3
398
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-12-20.
Silica (quartz)
8.0
silica avg (%)
16.1
silica max (%)
19
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-09-27.
Noise
2%
over PEL
53
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-12-20.
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
2011 Q4 18,955 1 0 52.8
2011 Q3 15,535 41 13 2639.2
2011 Q2 19,002 42 11 2210.3
2011 Q1 19,753 21 10 1063.1
2010 Q4 18,411 21 8 1140.6
2010 Q3 18,232 44 29 2413.3
2010 Q2 18,166 27 11 1486.3
2010 Q1 21,814 40 10 1833.7
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q4 22,616 38 7 1680.2
2009 Q3 20,268 57 23 2812.3
2009 Q2 30,934 30 15 969.8
2009 Q1 38,119 26 18 682.1
2008 Q4 23,212 50 15 2154.1
2008 Q3 30,501 42 8 1377.0
2008 Q2 31,712 45 13 1419.0
2008 Q1 23,992 31 8 1292.1
2007 Q4 20,177 30 9 1486.8
2007 Q3 12,556 11 2 876.1
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

31 on file

2011 · 3 incidents

January 7, 2011 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Alpha & Omega Coal Company LLC · Struck against stationary object

EE was looking into SC reel and the lid closed and pushed his head into the reel. The EE received a cut on his eyebrow.

2010 · 4 incidents

December 9, 2010 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Alpha & Omega Coal Company LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was removing a piece of string from a bottom roller and his glove was caught by the roller and pulled his hand into the roller.

August 12, 2010 WV · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Alpha & Omega Coal Company LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was pulling a piece of cable over his shoulder and felt a sharp pain.

July 29, 2010 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Alpha & Omega Coal Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was setting timbers & timber fell to the side and caught his right middle finger smashing it.

March 21, 2010 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Alpha & Omega Coal Company LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was building a back stop for a belt head. Employee strained lower back while lifting a piece of sheet metal.

2009 · 11 incidents

November 19, 2009 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Alpha & Omega Coal Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting the belt with a utility knife. The knife slipped out of the belt and cut his hand.

October 24, 2009 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Alpha & Omega Coal Company LLC · Struck by falling object

While raising the personal canopy, it swung and a rock fell, hitting the left thumb.

August 11, 2009 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Alpha & Omega Coal Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was bolting top and his drill steel hit his left hand.

June 8, 2009 WV · Coal electrician helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Alpha & Omega Coal Company LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was laying on his back and lifting a driveshaft into place. As employee attempted to lift the shaft he felt a severe pain in his lower back.

2008 · 10 incidents

December 31, 2008 WV · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Alpha & Omega Coal Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Changing scoop batteries on S&S scoop. Smashed & broke left ring finger & middle finger.

December 23, 2008 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Alpha & Omega Coal Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was holding plastic around hyd hose. Hyd oil was injected into index finger. (Did not receive this report of injury until 12/31/2008).

August 21, 2008 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Alpha & Omega Coal Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Driving Mac 8 when front wheel hit a rock causing the steering wheel to spin around and hit left thumb

July 25, 2008 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Alpha & Omega Coal Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Operating scoop had hand laying on top of panel mashed finger between panel and frame.

April 17, 2008 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Alpha & Omega Coal Company LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Walking and shuttle car cable caught legs and caused him to fall down.

2007 · 3 incidents

September 29, 2007 WV · Coal security guard, watchman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Alpha & Omega Coal Company LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Security office EE came out of parts trailer and was on his way to the port-potti when he tripped on a pallet and fell to the ground striking a piece of metal and cutting his right leg.

August 23, 2007 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Alpha & Omega Coal Company LLC · Fall from machine

8/24/07, mine contracted our office to ask if our EE had notified us of an incident that happened the day before, he had not. EE stepped off roof bolter, twisted right ankle. Applied ice, sent to ER, referred to orthopedic DR. (8/27/07, EE returned our call and updated info). Cast to be placed on right ankle. Estimated time off is 6 weeks.

For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants

The full compliance file on No 2 Deep Mine

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.