River Point Dock has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $834 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
20
Years on record
1988–2024
Latest incident
Jun 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
72
citations
21
significant & substantial
$12,584
proposed penalties
$10,845
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,739 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.
72 citations across 1,800 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
River Point Dock has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $834 outstanding across 1 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$834
outstanding
69 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-18.
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.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
31%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $2K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2014-01-10.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at River Point Dock shows 100% of 176 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: 2026-05-12
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
176
samples
0.48
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
ⓘThe excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
176 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER86
TIPPLE OPERATOR29
COAL SAMPLER20
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.
River Point Dock recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2015.
Injury rate, 2015
ⓘ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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 2.72 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 5.22 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
2015 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2014 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2013 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2012 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2011 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2010 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2009 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2008 *
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
Year
Employees
2026
4
2025
4
2024
5
2023
6
2022
5
2021
5
2020
4
2019
7
2018
5
2017
6
2016
8
2015
11
2014
11
2013
11
2012
12
2011
12
2010
11
2009
10
2008
9
2007
8
2006
8
2003
0
2002
0
2001
13
2000
15
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
River Point Dock sits in Kanawha County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Kanawha County, West Virginia · Population 178,198
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$58,887
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
2026 Q2
2,761
2
0
724.4
2026 Q1
2,720
1
0
367.6
2025 Q4
2,718
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
2,830
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
2,686
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
2,818
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
2,879
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
2,792
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
3,275
2
0
610.7
2024 Q1
3,540
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
3,584
4
0
1116.1
2023 Q3
3,694
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
3,785
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
3,854
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
3,089
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
3,880
4
0
1030.9
2022 Q2
2,562
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
3,270
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
2,606
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
2,716
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
2,771
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
2,659
1
0
376.1
2020 Q4
2,172
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
2,219
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
2,657
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
2,554
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
1,606
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
2,912
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
4,571
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
4,868
2
0
410.8
2018 Q4
3,131
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
3,190
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
2,835
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
3,268
1
0
306.0
2017 Q4
2,739
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
3,080
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
2,683
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
3,824
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
3,398
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
4,034
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
3,622
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
4,853
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
6,680
1
0
149.7
2015 Q3
5,663
1
0
176.6
2015 Q2
6,647
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
6,666
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
6,204
5
0
805.9
2014 Q3
6,038
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
6,806
3
1
440.8
2014 Q1
5,645
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
6,626
2
0
301.8
2013 Q3
5,666
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
6,718
4
1
595.4
2013 Q1
5,625
2
1
355.6
2012 Q4
5,638
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
6,470
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
6,526
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
6,491
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
7,952
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
8,243
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
7,323
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
6,834
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
5,104
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
5,501
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
6,350
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
5,499
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
5,657
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
4,832
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
5,027
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
5,642
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
5,138
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
5,588
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
6,543
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
4,852
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
4,403
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
4,355
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
4,259
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
4,051
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
4,834
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
4,916
6
4
1220.5
2006 Q2
3,308
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
0
0
0
2003 Q1
0
0
0
2002 Q4
0
0
0
2002 Q3
0
0
0
2002 Q2
0
0
0
2001 Q4
5,401
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
6,991
3
1
429.1
2001 Q2
9,157
3
3
327.6
2001 Q1
6,683
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
7,108
2
2
281.4
2000 Q3
7,912
2
2
252.8
2000 Q2
7,809
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
7,854
3
3
382.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
20 on file
2024 · 1 incident
June 23, 2024WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techOTHER
Employee was in the process of removing a zip tie from the tarp wire on EE's coal trailer with a pocketknife and when the knife cut through the zip tie EE inadvertently stabbed EE's left thumb with knife.
2006 · 1 incident
July 20, 2006WV · Coalsecurity guard, watchmanOTHER
EMPLOYEE STEPPED FROM CONCRETE WALL TO DECK OF BARGE. HE TWISTED HIS KNEE WHILE DOING THIS.
1999 · 1 incident
March 18, 1999WV · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rp Terminal Llc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS SETTING WATER PUMP ON BARGE TO BOIL WATER IN BELLY OF BARGE. HE STEPPED ON A MANHOLECOVER ONBARGE IT FLIPPED UP LETTING HIS LEFT LEGTO INTO THE HOLE. HE BRUISED HIS LEFT THIGH VERY HEAVILY
WHILE REMOVING ROPE FROM BARGE EMP DEVELOPED TROUBLE BREATHING AND CHEST PAINS. HE THOUGHT HE WAS HAVING HEART ATTACK. TREATED HIM BY SETTLING DOWN AND APPLYING COOL WATER TO HEAD AND NECK. CA LLED AMBULANCE. HERE AT 8:00AM. TOOK TO ER FOR TREATMENT. ENDED UP BEING STRAINED MUSCLE IN UPPER BACK.
1995 · 1 incident
April 10, 1995WV · Coaltipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WHILE BACKING UP RAMP WITH WATER TRUCK, OUT SIDE OF COAL GIVE AWAY AND LET TRUCK ROLL ON ITS SIDE OVER EDGE OF RAMP, (APPROX. 15 FT) TORE OFF MIRRORS ON TRUCK, BROKE WINDSHIELD, SMASHED RIDER SIDE DOOR.
January 28, 1992WV · Coalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING RIVER BARGE WHEN LINE WHICH HOLHS BARGE CLOSE TO DOCK WAS FOULED UNDER LEVEL.TENSION IN THE ROPE INCREASED AS BARGE WAS LOADED AND WHEN EMPLOYEE RELEASED TENSION ON ROPE-T HE ROPE RECOILED AGAINST ANKLE.