Mining Incidents

No 3 Miner Coal

Controlled by James C Justice III
Welch, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609123

No 3 Miner has $355K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 15 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2007–2010
Latest incident
Jul 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
56
citations
26
significant & substantial
$354,799
proposed penalties
$148,554
paid to date
42% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $206,245 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
20
inspections on record
715
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: 715 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 3 Miner has $355K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 15 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.
$355K
proposed penalties
$151K
current assessed
$149K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
52 assessments are final orders; 15 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-03-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No 3 Miner shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.27 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 25 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.
0.27
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.78
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
25
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-03-29.
Noise
0%
over PEL
16
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-09-09.
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
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 5 2
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q4 15,153 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 19,641 3 2 152.7
2010 Q2 16,171 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 22,061 1 0 45.3
2009 Q4 0 1 0
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q3 0 1 0
2009 Q2 9,594 1 0 104.2
2009 Q1 8,948 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 8,165 3 3 367.4
2008 Q3 14,463 8 5 553.1
2008 Q2 8,065 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 12,984 18 11 1386.3
2007 Q4 14,159 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 8,987 9 1 1001.4
2007 Q2 3,937 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 471 2 1 4246.3
2006 Q4 7,409 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,018 1 0 166.2
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 6,873 1 1 145.5
2005 Q4 7,702 2 0 259.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2010 · 2 incidents

July 12, 2010 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Justice Highwall Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a swivel socket to remove bolt. The pin came out of the socket and struck employees left index finger and thumb.

March 3, 2010 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Justice Highwall Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was helping to move the forks on a fork loader his hand was caught between the forks and the back board of the loader.

2008 · 2 incidents

October 1, 2008 WV · Coal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Justice Highwall Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Walking off push beam in table, put his left hand on table for balance. When he stepped off push beam a piece of metal broke off in employee's left palm.

June 21, 2008 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Justice Highwall Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

EE was putting the belly pan back on the miner when the lifting eye broke off letting the belly pan drop approx. 16" landing on the employees legs.

2007 · 3 incidents

September 20, 2007 WV · Coal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Justice Highwall Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

On oct 3rd, EE reported that on 9/20/07, while pulling on a cable he injured his back.

July 10, 2007 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Justice Highwall Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was filling a hydraulic tank with oil when he slipped and fell.

May 23, 2007 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Justice Highwall Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working on cover over Dodge coupling when a piece of metal struck his rt. hand.

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The full compliance file on No 3 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.