Mining Incidents

Roadfork Strip & Auger Coal

Extra Energy, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
Jenkinjones, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607812

Roadfork Strip & Auger has $45K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1993–2006
Latest incident
Jul 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
15
citations
9
significant & substantial
$45,186
proposed penalties
$40,509
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,677 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
19
inspections on record
330
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: 330 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Roadfork Strip & Auger has $45K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 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.
$45K
proposed penalties
$41K
current assessed
$41K
paid to date
$60
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-09-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Roadfork Strip & Auger shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.14 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 15 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.
0.14
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.67
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
15
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-03-25.
Noise
0%
over PEL
7
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-08-29.
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
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 0 3 3
2008 Q2 0 0 0
Show 22 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q1 0 3 3
2007 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 7,597 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 8,108 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 9,454 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 9,118 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 8,779 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 10,547 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 10,115 3 2 296.6
2005 Q4 11,501 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 9,879 6 1 607.3
2005 Q2 7,981 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 4,497 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,047 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 955 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 661 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,812 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,860 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,231 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2006 · 2 incidents

March 20, 2006 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Raleigh Steel Construction Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Dozer pushing in hollow fill, spoil slid in behind dozer, placing a large rock in the dozers run. Operator did not see the rock. EE backed into rock, injured his neck and his right side was numb. Sent EE to hospital.

1997 · 2 incidents

September 17, 1997 WV · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Extra Energy Inc · Fall from ladders

A PIECE OF METAL THAT EE WAS WORKING ON FELL AND KNOOKED THE STEP LADDER OUT FROM UNDER HIM. HE WAS WORKING ON A TRUCK BED. WHEN HE FELL HE HIT HIS ARM ONT HE ROCK GUARD OF THE BED AND DISLOCA TED HIS RIGHT ELBOW.

February 13, 1997 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Extra Energy Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

GPF-EXPOSURE TO DUST HAZARD FOR 14 YEARS WITH SUFFICIENT EXPOSURE TO HAVE CAUSED OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS OR TO HAVE PERCEPTIBLY AGGRAVATED A PRE-EXISTING OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS, AS A PLANT WORKER FOR CONSOLIDATION COAL COMPANY INC.

1996 · 2 incidents

July 2, 1996 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Extra Energy Inc · Fall from machine

STEPPED OUT THE DOOR AND HIS FEET SLIPPED AN HE FELL TO THE GROUND, WHEN HE FELL, HE BROKE HIS WRIST.

June 5, 1996 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Extra Energy Inc · Struck against a moving object

DOZER OPERATOR WAS PRYING ON A ROCK AND THE BLADE SLIPPED OFF THE ROCK CAUSING THE OPERATOR TO HIT HIS ELBOW ON THE ARM REST WHICH HE SAID JAMMED HIS SHOULDER.

1995 · 2 incidents

May 18, 1995 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Extra Energy Inc · Struck against a moving object

WE WERE TRYING OUT A MAN FOR A TRUCK DRIVING JOB HE RODE 3 TRIPS WITH ONE OF OUR EXPERIENCED DRIVERS HE DROVE BACK ON THE THIRD TRIP WHEN HE GOT LOADED & STARTED TO THE DUMP OUR DRIVER TOLD HI M HE WAS DRIVING TO FAST & TO SLOW DOWN HE DID NOT SLOW DOWN HE DID NOT SLOW THE TRUCK DOWN WHEN THEY CAME TO A CURVE THE TRUCK WAS GOING TO FAST TO MAKE IT THE TRUCK BUSTED THROUGH THE BERM

May 18, 1995 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Extra Energy Inc · Struck against a moving object

WE WERE TRYING OUT A MAN FOR A TRUCK DRIVING JOB HE RODE 3 TRIPS WITH ONE OF OUR EXPERIENCED DRIVERS HE DROVE BACK ON THE THIRD TRIP WHEN HE GOT LOADED & STARTED TO THE DUMP OUR DRIVER TOLD HI M HE WAS DRIVING TO FAST & TO SLOW DOWN HE DID NOT SLOW THE TRUCK DOWN WHEN THEY CAME TO A CURVE THE TRUCK WAS GOING TO FAST TO MAKE IT THE TRUCK BUSTED THROUGH BERM & WENT OVER AN EMBANKMENT

1993 · 1 incident

May 4, 1993 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Extra Energy Inc · Struck against a moving object

FRONT RT SUSPENSION CYLINDER BROKE FROM TRUCK CAUSING THE TRUCK TO DROP TO THE GROUND ON RT SIDE THROWING OPERATOR INTO THE STEERING WHEEL CAUSING INJURY TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CHEST

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The full compliance file on Roadfork Strip & Auger

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.