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Samples Mine Highwall Miner Coal

Eskdale Post Office, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4609153

Samples Mine Highwall Miner has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2010–2018
Latest incident
May 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
46
citations
7
significant & substantial
$7,978
proposed penalties
$7,647
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $331 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
68
inspections on record
1,692
inspection hours
2.7
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.
46 citations across 1,692 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Samples Mine Highwall Miner has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-02-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at Samples Mine Highwall Miner shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.12 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 158 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)
0.50
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
158
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-05-18.
Noise
0%
over PEL
88
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-12-03.
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
2025 Q4 5,675 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 623 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,615 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 10,876 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6,200 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 7,559 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,782 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 7,535 1 0 132.7
Show 69 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 10,003 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 9,936 1 0 100.6
2023 Q1 6,220 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 10,296 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,398 1 0 185.3
2022 Q2 8,147 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 9,206 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 7,295 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,840 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 7,453 2 0 268.3
2021 Q1 7,368 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,360 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,773 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5,984 1 0 167.1
2020 Q1 6,680 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 11,818 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 8,723 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 8,528 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,245 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,219 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,584 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,778 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 6,093 2 0 328.2
2017 Q4 2,960 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,331 3 0 1287.0
2017 Q2 7,372 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,741 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 6,557 3 0 457.5
2016 Q3 7,017 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 7,201 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 7,423 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 8,301 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 7,820 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 7,552 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 6,052 1 0 165.2
2014 Q4 6,610 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 7,304 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 7,784 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 7,185 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 5,647 1 0 177.1
2013 Q3 3,085 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,439 1 0 290.8
2013 Q1 3,559 1 0 281.0
2012 Q4 3,077 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,223 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,518 1 0 284.3
2012 Q1 3,501 1 0 285.6
2011 Q4 2,828 2 0 707.2
2011 Q3 3,451 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,410 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,477 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,622 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,314 2 0 603.5
2010 Q2 3,558 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,584 3 0 837.1
2009 Q4 1,836 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,828 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 7,189 1 0 139.1
2009 Q1 7,584 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 6,686 4 1 598.3
2008 Q3 7,220 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 8,974 3 0 334.3
2008 Q1 8,952 4 3 446.8
2007 Q4 8,158 2 1 245.2
2007 Q3 11,228 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 11,134 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 10,749 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 9,395 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 9,027 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2018 · 1 incident

May 18, 2018 WV · Coal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Panther Creek Mining LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee states that EE was extending the tripod legs out on the transit and as EE extended the legs EE felt a pop in EE's elbows and forearm. Employee was seen by doctor on 5/20/2018 and was given Modified work duty.

2010 · 1 incident

June 1, 2010 WV · Coal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Catenary Coal Company LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured employee was handling a sixty inch long, 6 1/2 inch diameter piece of drill steel used to anchor the highwall miner when he slipped and fell. The end of the employee's left pinky finger was mashed between the steel he was handling and the steel structure of the highwall miner.

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