Rader Run Surface Mine #2 and #3 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $228 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
Watch this mine
Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Rader Run Surface Mine #2 and #3.
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2001–2003
Latest incident
Feb 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
34
citations
11
significant & substantial
$2,835
proposed penalties
$2,607
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $228 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: 372 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Rader Run Surface Mine #2 and #3 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $228 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$228
outstanding
32 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-05-20.
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 Rader Run Surface Mine #2 and #3 shows 98% of 43 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: 2002-05-20, 24 years ago
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
43
samples
1.65
dust max (mg/m3)
18 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 25 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.
Rader Run Surface Mine #2 and #3 recorded 9.85 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.
Injury rate, 2002
ⓘ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.
9.85
total case rate
9.85
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 6.89 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 9.17 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
2002 *
9.85
9.85
0.000
2001 *
15.09
15.09
0.000
2000 *
0.00
0.00
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)
2003
1
2002
20
123,964
2001
18
130,238
2000
10
23,815
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Rader Run Surface Mine #2 and #3 sits in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.7% 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.
Greenbrier County, West Virginia · Population 32,688
1.7%
Mining share of county employment
$48,662
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
2003 Q3
600
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
600
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
550
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
550
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
4,444
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
16,271
14
4
860.4
2002 Q1
19,333
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
10,080
4
0
396.8
Show 7 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2001 Q3
9,883
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
8,883
8
4
900.6
2001 Q1
10,908
1
1
91.7
2000 Q4
496
4
1
8064.5
2000 Q3
5,200
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
10,150
2
1
197.0
2000 Q1
6,907
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
2003 · 1 incident
February 26, 2003WV · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
EE WAS CLIMBING AN APPROX 2:1 SLOPE ON THE DOZER WHEN IT KICKED SIDEWAYS ON FROZEN GROUND. IT SLID SIDEWAYS, STRUCK BERM & ROLLED 2 TIMES. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY BELT.
EMPLOYEE IS A SURFACE MINE FOREMAN. HE WAS RE-SETTING A LIGHT PLANT TO A NEW SURFACE LOCATION. HE RAISED THE BOOM ON PLANT AND REACHED DOWN TO SET HOLDING PIN. THE BOOM SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND PINCHING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN BOOM AND PINCH POINT.