Pineville, Wyoming County,
WV
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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.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
6
inspections on record
91
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: 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.
MSHA sampling at Pinnacle Creek Auger shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.16 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 8 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.
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.
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