Mining Incidents

Peerless #1 Coal

D M D Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by David L Huffman
Calvin, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608287

Peerless #1 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1995
Latest incident
Sep 1995
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
49
citations
21
significant & substantial
$4,297
proposed penalties
$1,154
paid to date
27% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,143 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
19
inspections on record
384
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: 384 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Peerless #1 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
47 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-08-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Peerless #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 1.12 mg/m3 (79% compliant) across 34 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.
1.12
dust avg (mg/m3)
5.75
dust max (mg/m3)
79%
within 1.5 mg/m3
34
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-08-03.
Silica (quartz)
6.1
silica avg (%)
7.1
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-07-26.
Noise
25%
over PEL
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-01-12.
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
2000 Q1 15,779 15 4 950.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1995 · 1 incident

September 18, 1995 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Fern Cove Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING 3 WHEELED MANTRIP WITH FLAT TIRE WHEN WHEEL CAUGHT CAUSING STEERING HANDLE TO RETATE WITH FORCE TWISTING THE OPERATORS WRIST.

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