Mining Incidents

Salem Auger #41 Coal

Van, Boone County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4609532

Salem Auger #41 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $886 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
13
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,618
proposed penalties
$732
paid to date
45% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $886 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
18
inspections on record
270
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: 270 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Salem Auger #41 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $886 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$732
paid to date
$886
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-02-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Salem Auger #41 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.13 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 14 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.
0.13
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.32
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
14
samples
Most recent sample: 2023-02-01.
Noise
0%
over PEL
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2021-03-02.
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
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 503 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
Show 9 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q2 1,055 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 774 7 0 9043.9
2020 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 635 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,483 2 0 1348.6
2018 Q3 1,520 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,280 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,280 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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The full compliance file on Salem Auger #41

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.