Mining Incidents

No 30-A Mine Coal

Glow Worm Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by MELISSA CLINE
Giliam, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608794

No 30-A Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $323 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
2001–2002
Latest incident
Jan 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
22
citations
9
significant & substantial
$1,885
proposed penalties
$1,562
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $323 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
13
inspections on record
227
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: 227 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 30-A Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $323 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$323
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-09-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No 30-A Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 1.30 mg/m3 (69% compliant) across 32 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.
1.30
dust avg (mg/m3)
5.77
dust max (mg/m3)
69%
within 1.5 mg/m3
32
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-01-05.
Silica (quartz)
11.8
silica avg (%)
22.8
silica max (%)
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-01-10.
Noise
0%
over PEL
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-08-28.
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
2002 Q1 1,868 5 3 2676.7
2001 Q4 10,185 13 5 1276.4
2001 Q3 4,199 3 1 714.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2002 · 2 incidents

January 9, 2002 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Glow Worm Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING THE MINE HAULROAD IN HIS PERSONAL VEHICLE WHEN HIS VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY A COAL TRUCK.

January 8, 2002 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Glow Worm Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

COAL TRUCK FAILED TO STOP AND HIT PICK UP COAL TRUCK.

2001 · 1 incident

August 3, 2001 WV · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Glow Worm Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE IN 2ND GEAR AND DRIVER JUMPED FROM VEHICLE. TRUCK PROCEEDED 50-60 DOWNHILL. STOPPED AND ROLLED OVER WHILE STILL DOWN GRADE.

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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.