Pineville, Wyoming County,
WV
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608708
Pinnacle Creek Auger has $457 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
1998
Latest incident
Dec 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
5
citations
3
significant & substantial
$457
proposed penalties
$457
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: 91 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Pinnacle Creek Auger has $457 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.
$457
proposed penalties
$457
current assessed
$457
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-05-09.
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 Pinnacle Creek Auger shows 100% of 8 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: 2002-05-15, 24 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
8
samples
0.22
dust max (mg/m3)
8 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
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.
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)
2005
0
2003
0
2002
3
26,092
2001
2
3,530
2000
0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Pinnacle Creek Auger sits in Wyoming County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% 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.
Wyoming County, West Virginia · Population 20,948
11.2%
Mining share of county employment
$48,038
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
THE INJURY OCCURRED AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE AN AUGER FLIGHT BY HAND. HE SLIPPED DUE TO THE WET & MUDDY CONDITIONS AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN TWO AUGER FLIGHTS.
November 2, 1998WV · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
THE INJURIED EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RAISE AND ALIGN THE KELLY BAR WITH AN ANGER FLIGHT IN ORDER TO COUPLE THEN TOGEHTER. THE EE S HAND SLIPPED ON THE WET BAR ALLOWING HIS LEFT THUMB TO BE STRUCK BY THE AUGER FLIGHT SHANK AND THE KELLY BAR THIE KELLY BAR, THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION TO THE END OF THE LEFT THUMB AND THE RIPPING AWAY OF THE LEFT THUMB NAIL.