Mining Incidents

River Terminal Coal

Coresco LLC · Facility
Maidsville, Monongalia County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606556

River Terminal has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2008–2014
Latest incident
Oct 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
62
citations
22
significant & substantial
$6,426
proposed penalties
$6,098
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $328 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
66
inspections on record
1,187
inspection hours
5.2
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.
62 citations across 1,187 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

River Terminal has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$100
outstanding
60 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-10-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at River Terminal shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.12 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 195 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.
0.12
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.96
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
195
samples
Most recent sample: 2017-10-17.
Silica (quartz)
0.5
silica avg (%)
0.5
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-10-23.
Noise
0%
over PEL
92
samples
Most recent sample: 2017-10-17.
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 Q2 4,428 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 6,231 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,457 1 0 289.3
2017 Q3 3,397 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,500 1 0 285.7
2017 Q1 3,473 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,025 1 0 330.6
2016 Q3 4,074 0 0 0.0
Show 66 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q2 3,722 1 0 268.7
2016 Q1 4,151 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,033 1 0 248.0
2015 Q3 4,603 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,630 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 4,205 1 0 237.8
2014 Q4 3,927 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,020 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,785 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,997 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 5,265 2 0 379.9
2013 Q3 6,525 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,663 1 0 214.5
2013 Q1 5,705 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,479 1 0 223.3
2012 Q3 5,830 1 1 171.5
2012 Q2 6,182 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 7,123 1 0 140.4
2011 Q4 5,721 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 7,421 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 8,071 1 1 123.9
2011 Q1 7,087 1 1 141.1
2010 Q4 6,838 3 0 438.7
2010 Q3 5,642 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 6,561 2 1 304.8
2010 Q1 6,374 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 6,525 1 1 153.3
2009 Q3 4,831 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 6,646 1 0 150.5
2009 Q1 5,591 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 6,815 2 0 293.5
2008 Q3 6,447 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 8,374 6 3 716.5
2008 Q1 7,152 7 3 978.7
2007 Q4 7,263 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,839 2 1 342.5
2007 Q2 7,236 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,640 4 4 709.2
2006 Q4 4,947 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,259 1 1 234.8
2006 Q2 4,728 1 1 211.5
2006 Q1 3,268 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,074 1 0 245.5
2005 Q3 4,192 2 1 477.1
2005 Q2 3,944 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,700 1 0 270.3
2004 Q4 4,187 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,558 1 1 219.4
2004 Q2 3,899 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,420 1 0 226.2
2003 Q4 3,869 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,567 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,011 1 0 249.3
2003 Q1 4,905 1 0 203.9
2002 Q4 5,804 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,308 2 1 273.7
2002 Q2 5,826 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 6,056 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,360 2 0 373.1
2001 Q3 3,682 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,424 3 0 876.2
2001 Q1 2,756 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,230 2 0 382.4
2000 Q3 4,443 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,217 1 1 237.1
2000 Q1 3,959 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2014 · 1 incident

October 3, 2014 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coresco LLC · Struck against stationary object

Was assisting in maintenance on the A belt feeder and cut his leg on a piece of belt structure.

2013 · 1 incident

August 7, 2013 WV · Coal coal sampler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coresco Inc · Fall from machine

The employee grabbed the steering wheel to get into the truck. His shoulder popped out of place. The employee then let go of the steering wheel and fell to the ground. He began missing work on 2/7/2014.

2011 · 1 incident

January 13, 2011 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coresco Inc · Struck by falling object

The employee stated that he was working on a motor that was suspended above a walkway. The motor fell, striking the employee's foot and collapsing the walkway.

2010 · 1 incident

April 8, 2010 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coresco Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP A BAG CONTAINING COAL USING HIS LEFT ARM WHEN HE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS LEFT ARM.

2009 · 2 incidents

October 26, 2009 WV · Coal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
Coresco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee stated that he was walking on a barge when the barge cable recoiled and hit him under the right arm, knocking him into the loaded barge. The employee did not begin missing work for this injury until 1/14/2010.

January 26, 2009 WV · Coal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coresco Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

While trying to dislodge the frozen pulling lashing from the loaded barge, something ripped loose and popped in my right shoulder socket.

2008 · 1 incident

November 6, 2008 WV · Coal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coresco Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was pulling a barge down river when he felt a pain in his lower back.

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The full compliance file on River Terminal

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.