Mining Incidents

No. 3 Coal

War Eagle Energy, Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Terry L Matney
Iaeger, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608755

No. 3 has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $14K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2003–2004
Latest incident
May 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
187
citations
67
significant & substantial
$20,110
proposed penalties
$5,664
paid to date
28% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $14,446 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
56
inspections on record
1,507
inspection hours
12.4
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.
187 citations across 1,507 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No. 3 has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $14K 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$14K
outstanding
183 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-08-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No. 3 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.60 mg/m3 (93% compliant) across 170 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.
0.60
dust avg (mg/m3)
7.78
dust max (mg/m3)
93%
within 1.5 mg/m3
170
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-08-27.
Silica (quartz)
6.2
silica avg (%)
11.0
silica max (%)
11
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-09-02.
Noise
0%
over PEL
8
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-09-08.
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
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 9,718 7 2 720.3
2004 Q2 10,691 17 3 1590.1
2004 Q1 11,829 12 5 1014.5
2003 Q4 11,559 11 4 951.6
2003 Q3 10,225 16 3 1564.8
2003 Q2 12,344 8 5 648.1
2003 Q1 12,094 7 1 578.8
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q4 11,427 20 9 1750.2
2002 Q3 8,270 23 11 2781.1
2002 Q2 0 25 10
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 2,103 6 1 2853.1
2001 Q2 3,919 7 2 1786.2
2001 Q1 2,392 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 6,010 3 2 499.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2004 · 1 incident

May 18, 2004 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
War Eagle Energy, Inc. · Struck by flying object

USING A RATCHET WITH PIPE EXTENTION, SOCKET SLIPPED CAUSING PIPE TO HIS PERSON'S CHEST, KNOCKING HIM DOWN ON HIS BACK.

2003 · 2 incidents

December 22, 2003 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
War Eagle Energy, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LACERATION OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER CAUGHT FINGER WITH ROOF BOLT PLATE.

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The full compliance file on No. 3

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.