Mining Incidents

No 4 Mine Coal

Blue Haven Energy Inc · Underground
Controlled by Howard Russell Morris
Eckman, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608850

No 4 Mine has $29K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2002–2005
Latest incident
Mar 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
213
citations
101
significant & substantial
$28,748
proposed penalties
$23,249
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,499 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
71
inspections on record
2,815
inspection hours
7.6
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.
213 citations across 2,815 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No 4 Mine has $29K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K 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.
$29K
proposed penalties
$29K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
207 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-06-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No 4 Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.83 mg/m3 (86% compliant) across 318 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.
0.83
dust avg (mg/m3)
9.09
dust max (mg/m3)
86%
within 1.5 mg/m3
318
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-08-24.
Silica (quartz)
5.1
silica avg (%)
9.9
silica max (%)
30
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-01-31.
Noise
7%
over PEL
15
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-01-25.
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
2005 Q3 5,095 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,688 9 6 1582.3
2005 Q1 9,983 23 9 2303.9
2004 Q4 12,044 36 20 2989.0
2004 Q3 11,209 11 5 981.4
2004 Q2 11,395 6 2 526.5
2004 Q1 11,001 15 6 1363.5
2003 Q4 10,905 10 4 917.0
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q3 11,436 12 2 1049.3
2003 Q2 12,286 20 14 1627.9
2003 Q1 11,566 5 3 432.3
2002 Q4 11,376 10 9 879.0
2002 Q3 10,547 5 3 474.1
2002 Q2 12,583 8 2 635.8
2002 Q1 15,587 5 2 320.8
2001 Q4 14,984 5 1 333.7
2001 Q3 15,907 1 0 62.9
2001 Q2 8,165 3 1 367.4
2001 Q1 8,668 12 3 1384.4
2000 Q4 2,724 17 9 6240.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2005 · 2 incidents

March 2, 2005 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Blue Haven Energy Inc · Rubbed or abraded

EE WAS CRAWLING WHEN HIS KNEE STARTED HURTING. WHEN EE TOOK HIS KNEE PAD OFF, HE COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN HIS LEG.

February 13, 2005 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Blue Haven Energy Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall measuring 140' x 20' x 3-6' occurred in the no. 7 entry near spad 370. The fall will not be cleaned up. - Section abandoned.

2003 · 1 incident

November 5, 2003 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator

EE WAS OPERATING CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL ON EE'S NECK.

2002 · 1 incident

October 30, 2002 WV · Coal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blue Haven Energy Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE THE TARPING BRACKET ON HIS TRUCK, WHEN THE BRACKET RELEASED THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL FROM THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK.

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The full compliance file on No 4 Mine

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