Mining Incidents

No 58 Coal

Pay Car Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by James C Justice III
Kimball, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608884

No 58 has $3.4M in proposed MSHA penalties and $645K outstanding across 124 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
26
Years on record
2002–2018
Latest incident
Jul 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
1,961
citations
613
significant & substantial
$3,397,138
proposed penalties
$1,291,598
paid to date
38% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,105,540 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
232
inspections on record
10,914
inspection hours
18.0
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.
1,961 citations across 10,914 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No 58 has $3.4M in proposed MSHA penalties and $645K outstanding across 124 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.
$3.4M
proposed penalties
$1.9M
current assessed
$1.3M
paid to date
$645K
outstanding
1,902 assessments are final orders; 124 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-03-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No 58 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.52 mg/m3 (96% compliant) across 1,065 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.
0.52
dust avg (mg/m3)
5.34
dust max (mg/m3)
96%
within 1.5 mg/m3
1,065
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-03-08.
Silica (quartz)
7.2
silica avg (%)
18.0
silica max (%)
60
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-01-28.
Noise
3%
over PEL
98
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-10-22.
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
2024 Q2 0 1 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q3 600 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 760 4 0 5263.2
Show 66 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q1 774 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 11,658 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,688 6 0 2232.1
2019 Q2 3,928 13 0 3309.6
2019 Q1 32,040 71 19 2216.0
2018 Q4 44,284 161 28 3635.6
2018 Q3 40,514 90 7 2221.5
2018 Q2 43,986 74 16 1682.4
2018 Q1 41,240 99 21 2400.6
2017 Q4 52,986 65 17 1226.7
2017 Q3 49,171 42 13 854.2
2017 Q2 38,756 62 17 1599.8
2017 Q1 26,520 81 19 3054.3
2016 Q4 1,632 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,598 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 680 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,600 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 2 1
2015 Q2 1,574 1 0 635.3
2015 Q1 1,180 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,143 2 0 1749.8
2014 Q3 2,750 1 0 363.6
2014 Q2 3,297 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,685 7 1 2607.1
2013 Q4 7,540 24 13 3183.0
2013 Q3 7,547 1 0 132.5
2013 Q2 6,870 2 1 291.1
2013 Q1 2,511 3 0 1194.7
2012 Q4 4,050 16 5 3950.6
2012 Q3 51,987 47 10 904.1
2012 Q2 44,815 32 18 714.0
2012 Q1 38,333 32 5 834.8
2011 Q4 55,073 36 7 653.7
2011 Q3 43,227 76 25 1758.2
2011 Q2 38,726 118 60 3047.0
2011 Q1 37,524 34 7 906.1
2010 Q4 33,564 7 2 208.6
2010 Q3 27,208 33 7 1212.9
2010 Q2 28,420 19 5 668.5
2010 Q1 33,690 48 13 1424.8
2009 Q4 20,596 96 41 4661.1
2009 Q3 3,658 61 15 16675.8
2009 Q2 2,144 38 19 17723.9
2009 Q1 3,068 33 20 10756.2
2008 Q4 6,308 24 6 3804.7
2008 Q3 13,776 18 5 1306.6
2008 Q2 12,482 10 5 801.2
2008 Q1 9,576 12 7 1253.1
2007 Q4 13,632 35 12 2567.5
2007 Q3 14,253 21 5 1473.4
2007 Q2 11,568 11 3 950.9
2007 Q1 8,083 5 2 618.6
2006 Q4 8,905 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,574 9 2 1967.6
2003 Q4 8,265 12 4 1451.9
2003 Q3 13,430 47 34 3499.6
2003 Q2 11,251 44 26 3910.8
2003 Q1 12,064 19 6 1574.9
2002 Q4 13,511 6 3 444.1
2002 Q3 10,287 19 10 1847.0
2002 Q2 9,539 29 14 3040.2
2002 Q1 8,125 21 9 2584.6
2001 Q4 9,938 29 13 2918.1
2001 Q3 5,526 12 8 2171.6
2001 Q2 1,308 14 6 10703.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

26 on file

2018 · 1 incident

July 11, 2018 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Pay Car Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

Was bolting the cross-cut from 6 to 7. Was installing the first row of bolts, when a rock rolled out and struck the employee on the heel of the foot.

2017 · 2 incidents

2013 · 3 incidents

October 28, 2013 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pay Car Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was installing permanent roof bolts when a rock measuring 14" x 12" x 6" fell and struck the employee on the right wrist.

October 28, 2013 WV · Coal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pay Car Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was building a permanent stopping with solid block when a block became dislodged from the top level and fell approximately six feet and struck the employee's right index finger.

July 18, 2013 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pay Car Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was moving beam when he stumbled and fell. The beam fell and struck the employee in the head.

2012 · 2 incidents

May 21, 2012 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pay Car Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was bolting top when a piece of drawrock measuring 2' x 1' x 3" fell and struck employees hand.

April 3, 2012 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pay Car Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall meas. 5-8' X 20' X 60' occurred 100' inby spad #2429 in the #6 intake entry. This area is approx. 25 c.c. outby MMU 005-0. The fall will be dangered off and will not be cleaned up.

2011 · 1 incident

May 24, 2011 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pay Car Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was installing a guard at No 4 belt drive when the guard slipped and fell on his left thumb.

2010 · 2 incidents

July 12, 2010 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pay Car Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee stated that while installing roof bolts, a piece of rock fell and struck him on his right shoulder.

2009 · 2 incidents

November 6, 2009 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Pay Car Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was installing a roofbolt, while pushing up on the bolt it spun and struck EE's hand.

May 4, 2009 WV · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Pay Car Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

The employee was bolting top, a perney rock 16" long 12" wide 9" thick came off top, mashed his index finger against drill pot.

2007 · 1 incident

June 4, 2007 WV · Coal apprentice, trainee HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pay Car Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stated that accident occurred 2 weeks prior to notifying management on 6-4-07 that while helping to hang a miner cable, he felt something pull on the right side of his neck.

2006 · 1 incident

December 4, 2006 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Pay Car Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

Putting pusher steel in starter-starter hung in hole, steel came out and hit him on left hand and cut his palm. Sent to Welch ER.

2004 · 1 incident

2003 · 6 incidents

November 11, 2003 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator

EE STEPPED BETWEEN A COUPLE OF ROCKS AND TRIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON LEFT ANKLE. EE WAS GOING TO TURN MAIN LINE WATER OFF. HE MAY HAVE FRACTURED HIS LEFT ANKLE WHEN HIS BODY WEIGHT FELL ON IT.

September 22, 2003 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Gapco Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT THE INTERSECTION JUST OUT BY THE FACE OF NO.3 ENTRY APPROXIMATELY 50-70'RIGHT OF SPAD NO. 763. THE FALL MEASURED 20 1/2 BY 29 1/2 BY 5-6' HIGH.

July 27, 2003 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Gapco Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE LOADING A FOAM FILLED SHUTTLE CAR TIRE ON A A FLAT CAR EE STEPPED IN A HOLE ON THE CAR. THE TIRE SLID ON OFF THE SCOOP BUCKET FACING THEBACK OF HIS RIGHT LEG INTO THE SOLID PART OF

July 19, 2003 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)

WHILE BOLTING IN #2 FACE, EE WENT BACK TO MIDDLEOF MACHINE TO DROP ATRS TO ADVANCE MACHINE FORWARD; A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS ALREADY INSTALLED. THE PIN MEN WERE G ETTING READY TO INSTALL THEIR THIRD ROW OF BOLTS.

March 30, 2003 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator

SNOW ON STEPS CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO SLIP AND FALL.

2002 · 4 incidents

July 29, 2002 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Gapco Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

LOOSE ROCK FALLING, NO CUTS BRUISES TEARS ON CLOTHING OR VISIBLE SIGNS OF AN ACCIDENT. STATE INSPECTOR QUESTIONS THAT ROCK FELL ON VICTIM AT ALL. VICTIM REGUSED DRUG TEST.

July 15, 2002 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Gapco Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

LOOSE ROCK STRUCK EMPLOYEE CUT FACE. NO HOSPITAL STAY.

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The full compliance file on No 58

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.