Mining Incidents

Red Stag #1 Coal

Point Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by James Roy Lucas
Prenter, Boone County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609081

Red Stag #1 has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $26K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2005–2006
Latest incident
Sep 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
113
citations
34
significant & substantial
$27,358
proposed penalties
$988
paid to date
4% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $26,370 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
13
inspections on record
628
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: 628 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 Stag #1 has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $26K 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.
$27K
proposed penalties
$27K
current assessed
$988
paid to date
$26K
outstanding
111 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-09-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Red Stag #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.51 mg/m3 (95% compliant) across 85 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.
0.51
dust avg (mg/m3)
3.39
dust max (mg/m3)
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
85
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-09-07.
Silica (quartz)
10.8
silica avg (%)
12.9
silica max (%)
8
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-04-28.
Noise
40%
over PEL
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-08-10.
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
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 8,100 6 5 740.7
2006 Q2 12,913 1 0 77.4
2006 Q1 5,456 20 4 3665.7
2005 Q4 16,530 18 6 1088.9
2005 Q3 19,463 28 8 1438.6
2005 Q2 15,670 36 10 2297.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2006 · 6 incidents

September 29, 2006 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Point Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE was unloading scoop outside that had water line on it, when he stepped on a piece of hiline cable laying on ground-twisted his right ankle. Went to dr an dmissed 1 shift.

July 20, 2006 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Point Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE, general labor. Foot slipped on gob or rock & he twisted his right knee. Went to Dr & he is going to run an MRI to check knee. Doesn't know extent of injury or when he will return to work.

June 22, 2006 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Point Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

Employee was helping wind up belt rubber in roadway, hit his arm against guard and cut his forearm - small cut to lower forearm. He went to hospital, received first aid treatment (no sutures); missed one shift.

June 8, 2006 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Point Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Beltman was cleaning gob out at tail area, had piece of drill steel prying on rock - hit bar against eye - resulting in laceration to head over right eye - went to hospital & got 5 sutures. Returned to work 6-12-06.

May 26, 2006 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Point Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was helping set feeder, picked up a crib block that had a nail in it and punctured his right wrist. Got 2 sutures in wrist but missed no work.

February 8, 2006 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Point Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was helping rock dust, standing by scoop when operator went to move scoop and backed over his foot. He went to the hospital; big toe was broken.

2005 · 3 incidents

December 1, 2005 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Point Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Bolter operator was loading bolt supplies on bolter when other bolter operator trammed bolter forward - ran wheel up on metatarsal boot on left foot, bruising foot.

November 8, 2005 WV · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Point Mining Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE was plastering stopping by hand, when he splashed a little in right eye-causing irritation to eyes. Went to dr and got first aid treatment-he was off 2 days.

May 13, 2005 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Point Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was loading headers on roof bolter, slipped and fell and hurt his right wrist. He went to doctor; had wrist sprain. Was off two days.

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The full compliance file on Red Stag #1

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.