Pocahontas HWM 52 has $258K in proposed MSHA penalties and $16K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2017–2018
Latest incident
Feb 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
44
citations
13
significant & substantial
$257,770
proposed penalties
$72,219
paid to date
28% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $185,551 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
33
inspections on record
943
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: 943 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Pocahontas HWM 52 has $258K in proposed MSHA penalties and $16K outstanding across 3 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.
$258K
proposed penalties
$88K
current assessed
$72K
paid to date
$16K
outstanding
39 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-08-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Pocahontas HWM 52 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.08 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 46 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
Employee caught employee's hand in the cab door of the highwall miner as employee entered the cab resulting in cutting the end of employee's right thumb
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