Mining Incidents

No 2 Mine Coal

Controlled by Edward A Asbury
Welch, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4606843

No 2 Mine has $396K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 56 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1985–2016
Latest incident
Apr 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
538
citations
185
significant & substantial
$396,230
proposed penalties
$251,726
paid to date
64% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $144,504 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
101
inspections on record
4,091
inspection hours
13.2
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.
538 citations across 4,091 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No 2 Mine has $396K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 56 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.
$396K
proposed penalties
$252K
current assessed
$252K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
531 assessments are final orders; 56 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-03-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No 2 Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.45 mg/m3 (95% compliant) across 621 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.
0.45
dust avg (mg/m3)
4.02
dust max (mg/m3)
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
621
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-02-10.
Silica (quartz)
9.0
silica avg (%)
35.2
silica max (%)
38
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-02-19.
Noise
2%
over PEL
48
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-10-27.
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
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
Show 73 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
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 2 0
2016 Q4 0 1 0
2016 Q3 0 3 0
2016 Q2 0 1 0
2016 Q1 3,198 1 0 312.7
2015 Q4 6,514 9 2 1381.6
2015 Q3 7,297 20 6 2740.9
2015 Q2 7,882 19 4 2410.6
2015 Q1 8,338 26 10 3118.3
2014 Q4 7,628 24 3 3146.3
2014 Q3 8,081 7 1 866.2
2014 Q2 8,611 8 1 929.0
2014 Q1 7,828 19 3 2427.2
2013 Q4 3,522 10 0 2839.3
2013 Q3 1,107 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 10,232 23 11 2247.8
2013 Q1 8,224 14 2 1702.3
2012 Q4 8,549 9 2 1052.8
2012 Q3 9,032 11 3 1217.9
2012 Q2 11,639 20 5 1718.4
2012 Q1 14,743 16 7 1085.3
2011 Q4 17,071 10 3 585.8
2011 Q3 16,644 11 6 660.9
2011 Q2 17,859 15 12 839.9
2011 Q1 13,063 23 10 1760.7
2010 Q4 18,716 18 7 961.7
2010 Q3 9,464 17 8 1796.3
2010 Q2 15,849 35 14 2208.3
2010 Q1 7,400 23 9 3108.1
2009 Q4 8,680 17 10 1958.5
2009 Q3 5,266 14 7 2658.6
2009 Q2 8,271 10 3 1209.0
2009 Q1 5,747 17 8 2958.1
2008 Q4 5,640 4 2 709.2
2008 Q3 5,537 3 2 541.8
2008 Q2 7,488 2 2 267.1
2008 Q1 7,015 19 5 2708.5
2007 Q4 7,378 7 4 948.8
2007 Q3 6,363 6 2 943.0
2007 Q2 6,920 8 3 1156.1
2007 Q1 6,410 2 0 312.0
2006 Q4 6,215 1 0 160.9
2006 Q3 8,819 8 1 907.1
2006 Q2 7,440 10 2 1344.1
2006 Q1 5,790 12 5 2072.5
2005 Q4 3,758 3 0 798.3
2005 Q3 991 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2016 · 1 incident

2012 · 1 incident

2011 · 1 incident

October 20, 2011 WV · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Sally Ann Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee stated that while running scoop, that he hit his head on top. Said that the scoop malfunctioned

2010 · 1 incident

November 10, 2010 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Sally Ann Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stated that while operating a shuttle car, he got his foot caught and twisted his ankle.

2009 · 1 incident

2006 · 1 incident

November 2, 2006 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Ruscat Enterprises, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall occured between 4 pm 11-01-06 #1 entry. From spad #126 inby for a distance of 70-75ft. Fall was timberd and cribs set and danger off. Fall was reporte and 7:10 am 11-2-06.

1986 · 1 incident

1985 · 2 incidents

April 5, 1985 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Spirit Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CAUGHT BETWEEN RIB AND ROOF BOLTG MACHINE.

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The full compliance file on No 2 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.