Mining Incidents

Refuse Area No. 1 Coal

01Granttown, Marion County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608950

Refuse Area No. 1 has $1K 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
3
Years on record
2003–2017
Latest incident
Jan 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
15
citations
6
significant & substantial
$1,258
proposed penalties
$1,258
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
29
inspections on record
566
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: 566 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Refuse Area No. 1 has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-07-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Refuse Area No. 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.20 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 112 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.
0.20
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.77
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
112
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-03-09.
Noise
0%
over PEL
46
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-03-09.
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
2011 Q2 6,272 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 7,988 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 5,270 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 10,637 2 2 188.0
2010 Q2 10,508 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 9,790 1 1 102.1
2009 Q4 9,585 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 11,661 0 0 0.0
Show 28 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q2 10,691 1 0 93.5
2009 Q1 8,399 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 9,285 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 10,865 2 0 184.1
2008 Q2 9,380 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 7,550 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 6,219 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 7,421 1 0 134.8
2007 Q2 5,705 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6,150 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,744 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,167 3 2 486.5
2006 Q2 6,967 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 7,248 1 0 138.0
2005 Q4 7,315 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,947 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,301 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 6,414 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,296 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,567 1 0 152.3
2004 Q2 6,361 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 6,959 1 1 143.7
2003 Q4 6,634 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 6,532 1 0 153.1
2003 Q2 6,356 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,782 1 0 173.0
2002 Q4 5,917 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,968 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2017 · 1 incident

January 19, 2017 WV · Coal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Quality Reclamation Services, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was helping mechanics. Employee was puling a floor jack out from under a truck when employee stepped on a pipe used as a cheater pipe. Pipe rolled and employee lost balance, fell, hitting shoulder on cement floor.

2008 · 1 incident

September 24, 2008 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Quality Reclamation Services, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee and co-worker were grinding rust off Cat 963 track loader side frame when grinder hit a bolt and kicked back causing rotating wheel to cut left index finger. Employee required 3 stitches in left index finger.

2003 · 1 incident

February 14, 2003 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
M. W. Platt, Inc. · Struck by flying object

EE OPENED OVER HEAD DOOR AND WIND BLEW DIRT UP UNDER SAFETY GLASSES INTO HIS RT. EYE.

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The full compliance file on Refuse Area No. 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.