Mining Incidents

Red Fox Surface Mine Coal

Controlled by Douglas M Epling
Bishop, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608901

Red Fox Surface Mine has $527 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
1
Years on record
2003
Latest incident
Sep 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
6
citations
3
significant & substantial
$527
proposed penalties
$527
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
143
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: 143 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Red Fox Surface Mine has $527 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.
$527
proposed penalties
$527
current assessed
$527
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-09-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Red Fox Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.23 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.
0.23
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.50
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
8
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-09-29.
Noise
50%
over PEL
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-09-29.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 433 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 816 1 0 1225.5
2003 Q2 1,244 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 570 4 2 7017.5
2002 Q4 1,168 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,537 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,189 0 0 0.0
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q1 515 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 190 1 1 5263.2
2001 Q3 379 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2003 · 1 incident

September 10, 2003 WV · Coal auger helper

EE WAS HOISTING AUGER FLIGHT WHEN THE ALL-THREAD SECURING THE HOIST FAILED. THE HOIST DROPPED & THE HOIST CABLE STRUCK EE ON THE HEAD.

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