Keystone, Mcdowell County,
WV
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Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608604
No 52 Mine has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $507 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
20
Years on record
1998–2002
Latest incident
Dec 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
111
citations
38
significant & substantial
$9,433
proposed penalties
$8,926
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $507 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
48
inspections on record
1,011
inspection hours
11.0
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.
111 citations across 1,011 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
No 52 Mine has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $507 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$507
outstanding
109 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-01-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at No 52 Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.68 mg/m3 (91% compliant) across 128 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.
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 Q1
3,703
1
1
270.1
2002 Q4
24,450
11
2
449.9
2002 Q3
14,573
14
7
960.7
2002 Q2
16,268
21
7
1290.9
2002 Q1
13,760
26
12
1889.5
2001 Q4
14,651
8
2
546.0
2001 Q3
2,438
2
0
820.3
2001 Q2
469
8
1
17057.6
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2001 Q1
1,429
8
3
5598.3
2000 Q4
1,184
7
3
5912.2
2000 Q3
0
5
0
2000 Q2
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
20 on file
2002 · 13 incidents
December 30, 2002WV · Coalsection foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift bossFALL OF ROOF OR BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING TO SET TIMBERS FOR LAST LIFT THAT HAD BEEN MINED WHEN A KETTLE BOTTOM TURNED LOOSE IN THE TOP AND STRUCK HIM ON LOWER HALF OF BODY.
COAL HAULER OPERATOR WENT TO CHANGE BATTERIES AND PLUGGED JUMPER CABLE TO FIRST SET OF BATTERIES FIRST AND WHEN HE PLUGGED THE OTHER END UP IT WENT TO GROUND IN HAULER END OF PLUG AND BLEW UP IN HIS FACE.
Energy Plus Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
THE COAL FEEDER CONVEYOR WAS HUNG UP, IT WAS BEING CLEARED. THE EMPLOYEE HAD HIS FOOT IN CONVEYOR & THE CHAIN WAS REVERSED. THE EMPLOYEE'S WERE TOLD THE CHAIN WAS GOING TO BE RAN, THEN THE MAN 'S FOOT GOT RAN UNDER GUARD AT TAILSHAFT.
HE SADI HE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE-SLIPPED AND HIT HIS HEAD ON TOP DIDNT TELL ANYONE AT MINE 3 DAYS LATER HE WENT TO MAIN OFFICE AND THURNED IN ACCIDENT-HE HAS NO TELEPHONE-CALLED HIS MOTHER S HE SADI HE WOULD GET UP WITH ME.
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