Mining Incidents

Oxford Beagle Club: 7 MSHA citations Coal

St. Clairsville, Belmont County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3304584

Oxford Beagle Club has $1K 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
2
Years on record
2007
Latest incident
May 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
7
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,307
proposed penalties
$1,307
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
8
inspections on record
259
inspection hours
n/a
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: 259 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Oxford Beagle Club has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-05-24.
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.
42.9%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
42.9%
reasonably likely or greater
14.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 28.6% low, 71.4% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Oxford Beagle Club shows 87% of 54 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: 2010-05-24, 16 years ago
87%
within 1.5 mg/m3
54
samples
4.47
dust max (mg/m3)
28 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 26 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR29
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER8
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE6

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2009-07-20, 17 years ago
6.6
silica avg (%)
2
samples
6.8
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR2

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.

Last sampled: 2010-05-24, 16 years ago
0%
over PEL
18
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER5
  • HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR5
  • BACKHOE OPERATOR2
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2010 100% 1
2009 100% 17
2008 83% 24
2007 75% 12
Silica (quartz) by year
Year silica avg (%) samples
2009 6.4 1
2007 6.8 1
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2010 0% 1
2009 0% 5
2008 0% 8
2007 0% 4
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Oxford Beagle Club recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2009.

Injury rate, 2009
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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US coal mining average was 4.16 and the all-US-mining average was 3.36 cases per 100 workers.
In Ohio, coal mining averaged 3.62 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
2009 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2008 * 0.00 0.00 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.
Ownership history
  1. Oxford Mining Co LLC 2007 to present
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)
2010 3 4,780
2009 14 143,768
2008 22 190,575
2007 20 215,936
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Oxford Beagle Club sits in Belmont County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 4.7% 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.
Belmont County, Ohio · Population 65,982
4.7%
Mining share of county employment
$58,411
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
2010 Q3 90 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 499 1 0 2004.0
2010 Q1 3,941 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 7,371 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 10,431 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 10,475 3 1 286.4
2009 Q1 10,985 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 11,607 0 0 0.0
Show 6 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q3 14,721 1 0 67.9
2008 Q2 17,247 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 16,944 1 1 59.0
2007 Q4 15,572 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 12,876 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 12,331 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2007 · 2 incidents

May 17, 2007 OH · Coal auger helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oxford Mining Co LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Was picking rock out of coal on conveyor belt,rock rolled over and smashed finger.

May 14, 2007 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Oxford Mining Co LLC · Struck by flying object

Swinging sledge on tooth of back hoe and piece of steel came off and went into his abdomen.