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: 844 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 48 Mine has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
91 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $8K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-12-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at No 48 Mine shows 86% of 141 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2001-12-17, 24 years ago
86%
within 1.5 mg/m3
141
samples
13.45
dust max (mg/m3)
77 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 64 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
No 48 Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2001.
Injury rate, 2001
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 6.94 and the all-US-mining average was 5.26 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 8.13 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
9.68
9.68
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2003
0
2002
5
4,669
2001
14
112,869
2000
17
155,809
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
No 48 Mine sits in McDowell County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 13.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
McDowell County, West Virginia · Population 18,413
13.0%
Mining share of county employment
$29,980
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2003 Q3
0
0
0
2003 Q2
0
0
0
2003 Q1
0
0
0
2002 Q4
0
0
0
2002 Q3
0
0
0
2002 Q2
0
0
0
2002 Q1
1,538
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
4,122
9
2
2183.4
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2001 Q3
8,228
19
6
2309.2
2001 Q2
10,145
17
7
1675.7
2001 Q1
10,125
17
2
1679.0
2000 Q4
9,373
3
0
320.1
2000 Q3
10,004
8
0
799.7
2000 Q2
10,551
3
1
284.3
2000 Q1
11,409
15
2
1314.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
20 on file
2001 · 1 incident
February 6, 2001WV · Coallaborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
INJURED WAS PREPARING TO INSTALL ROOF BOLTS IN NEXT TO LAST ROW OF BOLTS IN FACE OF #1 ENTRY, WHEN HE STARTED DRILLING A PIECE OF ROCK AAPPROX 4' X 3' X 6" THICK CAME DOWN DRILL STEEL AND STRU CK HIM ON HIS NECK.
1999 · 3 incidents
June 3, 1999WV · Coalbull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift bossELECTRICAL
Vica Coal Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
INJURED MAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A BATTEY CONNECTION ON PERSONNEL CARRIER. WHEN BATTERY ARCED IT EXPLODED AND PUT ACID ON HIS FACE AND EYES.
WHILE CHANGING CONVEYOR FLIGHT IN THE CONTINUOUS MINER, HAD TO HIT STRAP TO PUT ON LINK. LINK PIN SHEARED OFF. A PIECE OF METAL ABOUT 3/16" LONG STRIKING EE IN THE UPPER RT. ARM IMBEDDING ITSE LF IN MUSCLE TISSUE.
UN UNTIONAL ROOF FALL HAS OCCURED ON MAINS SECT. APPROX. 3000' OUTBY FACE AREA LBK OUTBY SPAD 115. THIS AREA OF THE MINE OVERLAYS BARRIER BLOCKS LEFT IN THE MOVED OUT 3 BELOW. WHICH IS PUTTING PRESSURE ON THIS PART OF THE MINE.
AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL HAS OCCURRED ON MAINS SECT APPROX 700FT OUTBY FACE AREA AT SPAD 93 #4 ENTRY THIS SECT HAS CROSSED A LARGE BARRIER BLOCK ON THE MINED OUT #3 SEAM THIS CONDITION ALONG WITH A SEMI SLIP ON RET SIDE AT ENTRY CONTRIBUTED TO FALL
February 21, 1995WV · Coalbull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift bossHANDLING OF MATERIALS
INJURED PERSON WAS INSTALLING TEMP. SUPPORTS [SCREW JACKS] ACROSS INTERSECTION OF 3L BRK & 2 ENTRY WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF ROCK THAT FELL BETWEEN THE JACKS.