Mining Incidents

Remington Preparation Plant Coal

Ohley, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608685

Remington Preparation Plant has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $259 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
13
Years on record
1997–2008
Latest incident
Aug 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
94
citations
51
significant & substantial
$12,023
proposed penalties
$10,790
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,233 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
89
inspections on record
1,713
inspection hours
5.5
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.
94 citations across 1,713 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Remington Preparation Plant has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $259 outstanding across 2 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$259
outstanding
93 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-07-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Remington Preparation Plant shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.66 mg/m3 (90% compliant) across 82 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.
0.66
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.97
dust max (mg/m3)
90%
within 1.5 mg/m3
82
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-01-23.
Silica (quartz)
1.2
silica avg (%)
1.2
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-01-06.
Noise
30%
over PEL
20
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-12-29.
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
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 2 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
Show 50 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 1,016 1 0 984.3
2009 Q1 12,500 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 15,421 3 2 194.5
2008 Q3 16,739 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 18,941 9 7 475.2
2008 Q1 18,188 1 0 55.0
2007 Q4 16,813 10 1 594.8
2007 Q3 17,968 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 18,498 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 15,303 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 12,107 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 11,773 11 9 934.3
2006 Q2 12,986 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 12,520 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 12,407 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 12,323 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 12,978 4 2 308.2
2005 Q1 13,388 5 4 373.5
2004 Q4 9,994 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 9,069 4 1 441.1
2004 Q2 8,006 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 8,175 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 8,582 1 0 116.5
2003 Q3 5,643 2 1 354.4
2003 Q2 6,662 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,803 1 1 172.3
2002 Q4 8,447 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,511 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,335 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 8,815 2 1 226.9
2001 Q4 12,197 4 4 327.9
2001 Q3 10,619 3 1 282.5
2001 Q2 12,676 2 0 157.8
2001 Q1 10,171 5 5 491.6
2000 Q4 9,204 2 0 217.3
2000 Q3 10,207 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 8,991 15 10 1668.3
2000 Q1 2,952 5 2 1693.8

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
November 4, 2007 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Patriot Coal Holdings I LLC · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was alone on the 3rd floor of the plant when he fell approximately 20 feet to the ground floor.

Reportable incidents

12 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2008 · 1 incident

August 11, 2008 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Patriot Coal Holdings I LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was walking around booster pump house located near the refuse dump when he tripped over a heater stored behind the building. He received a laceration to his right knee requiring 7 stitches.

2007 · 2 incidents

August 23, 2007 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Patriot Coal Holdings I LLC · Fall from machine

Employee was dismounting a Cat D-9R dozer when he slipped and fell. *He did not start missing work until 12/10/07.

January 2, 2007 WV · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Patriot Coal Holdings I LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was removing hardware from power pole that was laying on the ground. He was pulling old "buttground" off pole with his hands. His hands slipped causing him to lose his balance. He stepped back and stepped on a nail that was in a board that was hidden by mud.

2006 · 1 incident

March 23, 2006 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Patriot Coal Holdings I LLC · Struck against a moving object

Driver entered right hand turn on haulage road. Driver claimed the load shifted in his trailer and overturned the tractor & trailer. *Amendment: Per call, did not happen on Remington Prep Plant property. Not reportable to MSHA because it did not happen on any mine property.

2004 · 4 incidents

November 8, 2004 WV · Coal miner, prospector, nec DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Patriot Coal Holdings I LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee filed a hearing loss claim with West Virginia worker's compensation on 11-8-04 employee is currently working.

November 1, 2004 WV · Coal miner, prospector, nec DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Patriot Coal Holdings I LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee has filed an occupational pneumoconiosis claim with West Virginia Worker's Compensation. Last site worked on is 4608685.

October 15, 2004 WV · Coal miner, prospector, nec MACHINERY
Patriot Coal Holdings I LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

Ee was cutting steel pipe w/torch & the water inside pipe caused piece of hot slag to enter left ear.

2001 · 1 incident

March 4, 2001 WV · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Patriot Coal Holdings I LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON REF AREA WHEN HE FELL ON RIGHT ELBOW AND HAND. EE DID NOT NOTIFY EMPLOYER OF INJURY (REASON FOR LOST TIME) UNTIL 3-29-01, WHEN HIS WORKERS COMP CLAIM WAS RECEIVED.

2000 · 1 incident

December 27, 2000 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Patriot Coal Holdings I LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS MOVING REFUSE WITH AN ENDLOADER. HE HIT AROUGH SPOT IN THE ROAD WHILE TWISTING HIS UPPER BODY. HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

1998 · 1 incident

May 5, 1998 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Weatherby Processing Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE PICKED UP A PIECE OF METAL CUTTING HIS RIGHT INDEX & LITTLE FINGER.

1997 · 1 incident

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The full compliance file on Remington Preparation Plant

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.