Mining Incidents

No 2 Miner Coal

Controlled by James C Justice III
Pineville, Wyoming County, WV  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4609031

No 2 Miner has $185K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2004–2012
Latest incident
May 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
33
citations
17
significant & substantial
$185,182
proposed penalties
$138,583
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $46,599 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
25
inspections on record
458
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: 458 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 Miner has $185K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 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.
$185K
proposed penalties
$139K
current assessed
$139K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-06-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No 2 Miner shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.19 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 20 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.
0.19
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.00
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
20
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-06-09.
Noise
17%
over PEL
12
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-06-09.
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
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q3 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
Show 48 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q4 0 0 0
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 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 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 247 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 1 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 0 6 2
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 4 2
2007 Q4 463 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 80 7 3 87500.0
2007 Q2 2,137 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,386 4 3 742.7
2006 Q4 12,951 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,758 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,241 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 6,873 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 671 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 9,947 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 14,900 2 1 134.2
2005 Q1 9,048 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,968 1 0 336.9
2004 Q3 1,675 5 5 2985.1
2004 Q2 1,677 3 1 1788.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2012 · 1 incident

May 7, 2012 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Justice Highwall Mining, Inc · Fall from machine

While getting off the water truck, the employee stated that when he got to the last step his knee gave way causing him to slip and fall.

2008 · 1 incident

August 19, 2008 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Justice Highwall Mining, Inc · Struck by flying object

Grinding cutter drum preparing to weld bit lugs to drum. Metal got into eyes. Employee did have safety glasses on at time of accident.

2007 · 1 incident

July 8, 2007 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Justice Highwall Mining, Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee fell between the miner power head and a push beam "car." The push beam was knocked forward causing employee's leg to be caught between powerhead and push beam.

2006 · 1 incident

January 19, 2006 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Justice Highwall Mining, Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE ALLEGES HE WAS MOVING SPOIL MATERIAL WITH LOADER BUCKET. THE MACHINE TRAMMED OVER UNEVEN PIT FLOOR. THE REAR TIRES BOUNCED OVER 36" HOLE IN PIT FLOOR. (SPRAINED BACK FROM SUDDEN JOLT & BOUNCE OF LOADER.)

2005 · 2 incidents

June 7, 2005 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Justice Highwall Mining, Inc · Struck by flying object

(LOCATION: ON HAUL ROAD AT PUNCHEON CAMP THIN SEAM MINE - MSHA ID NO. 4609077.) EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING BESIDE THE HIGHWALL MINER AS IT WAS BEING TRAMMED. A PIECE OF METAL (3/4") BROKE FROM CRAWLER TRACK AND SHOT OUT, STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN LEFT ARM.

2004 · 2 incidents

July 19, 2004 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Justice Highwall Mining, Inc · Struck by flying object

Employee was removing a grease fitting on the crawler unit. the fitting blew out and struck ee s hand.

May 18, 2004 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Justice Highwall Mining, Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO "TEAR DOWN" THE MINER, WHILE HOLDING A PIN, THE PIN SUDDENLY CAME OUT & A LATCH FELL STRIKING EE ON HIS HAND. "REMOVING CUTTER HEAD"

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The full compliance file on No 2 Miner

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.