North Point Deep Mine has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
2006–2007
Latest incident
Aug 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
69
citations
13
significant & substantial
$6,671
proposed penalties
$6,671
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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: 668 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
North Point Deep Mine has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
69 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-10-25.
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.
MSHA sampling at North Point Deep Mine shows 92% of 90 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: 2007-10-08, 18 years ago
92%
within 1.5 mg/m3
90
samples
11.16
dust max (mg/m3)
42 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 48 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.
North Point Deep Mine recorded 4.77 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.
Injury rate, 2007
ⓘ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.
4.77
total case rate
4.77
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
About average. The US coal mining average was 4.71 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 5.00 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.
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)
2008
0
2007
24
124,757
2006
13
62,808
2005
10
33,407
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
North Point Deep Mine sits in Grant County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Grant County, West Virginia · Population 10,972
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$61,530
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
2008 Q1
0
0
0
2007 Q4
2,089
2
0
957.4
2007 Q3
12,162
11
3
904.5
2007 Q2
13,517
9
2
665.8
2007 Q1
14,168
22
6
1552.8
2006 Q4
7,538
5
0
663.3
2006 Q3
5,549
5
0
901.1
2006 Q2
591
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2006 Q1
3,254
9
1
2765.8
2005 Q4
3,555
3
1
843.9
2005 Q3
2,102
3
0
1427.2
2005 Q2
0
0
0
2005 Q1
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2007 · 2 incidents
August 6, 2007WV · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
EE was operating roof bolter and while positioning drill steel against the roof, a piece of rock measuring apprx 1' diam X 0-2" thick, fell and hit him on his left hand. Caused a laceration to the back of his hand.
In #1 entry of C-1 Mains. Miner was taking a side cut to sratr # 8 Left Room. The roof started working in the Intersection of #1 Entry. The miner was backing out. When roof fell in pulling bolts inarea. Approximately 17' W x 16' L and approx 10' in height.
2006 · 1 incident
August 25, 2006WV · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY