Quinwood No. 1 Deep Mine has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2021–2022
Latest incident
Oct 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
115
citations
6
significant & substantial
$27,215
proposed penalties
$20,980
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,235 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.
115 citations across 1,330 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Quinwood No. 1 Deep Mine has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 1 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.
$27K
proposed penalties
$27K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$6K
outstanding
115 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $148 in penalties contested before the Commission, $130 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-07-15.
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.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 100%
12%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$148 proposed, $130 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2022-07-25.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at Quinwood No. 1 Deep Mine shows 99% of 266 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: 2023-08-24, 3 years ago
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
266
samples
1.70
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
ⓘThe excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
49 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 217 by the operator.
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.
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.
Quinwood No. 1 Deep Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2023.
Injury rate, 2023
ⓘ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
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.17 and the all-US-mining average was 2.10 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 3.54 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
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
6.36
3.18
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.
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)
2023
30
38,469
2022
35
26,010
2021
25
5,863
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Quinwood No. 1 Deep Mine sits in Nicholas County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.1% 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.
Nicholas County, West Virginia · Population 24,446
6.1%
Mining share of county employment
$49,280
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
2023 Q4
942
2
0
2123.1
2023 Q3
7,188
21
1
2921.5
2023 Q2
12,334
13
1
1054.0
2023 Q1
21,255
12
0
564.6
2022 Q4
19,570
16
0
817.6
2022 Q3
14,611
10
2
684.4
2022 Q2
15,410
20
1
1297.9
2022 Q1
13,267
15
0
1130.6
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2021 Q4
7,184
4
0
556.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2022 · 2 incidents
October 25, 2022WV · Coalbull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift bossMACHINERY
Had motor hoisted to top of building. Had to pick motor up and swing to line bolt holes up. When we swung the motor the bar that the chain hoist was hooked to slid out of the bracket allowing pump motor to fall. EE's hand was caught between the pump motor and pump causing EE's hand to damaged.
August 26, 2022WV · Coalshuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE was hanging miner cable on the section with 2 other EE's when EE felt a pain in EE's right arm. Later in the shift EE's fingers on EE's right hand started becoming numb. EE was using proper lifting techniques and had PPE on. The cable had tension prior to lifting.
2021 · 1 incident
November 5, 2021WV · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY