Mining Incidents

Sand Plant #1 Coal

Big Rivers Coal · Facility
Controlled by Russell Stanley
Ferrellsburg, Lincoln County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606062

Sand Plant #1 has $110 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1991
Latest incident
Oct 1991
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
2
citations
0
significant & substantial
$110
proposed penalties
$110
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
26
inspections on record
148
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: 148 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sand Plant #1 has $110 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$110
proposed penalties
$110
current assessed
$110
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-07-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Sand Plant #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.10 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 2 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.
0.10
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.14
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-07-26.
Noise
33%
over PEL
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-06-21.
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
2000 Q3 302 2 0 6622.5
2000 Q1 110 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1991 · 1 incident

October 25, 1991 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mullins Sand & Coal · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE SAID HE HURT HIS BACK WHILE TURNING UP TABLE ON DISTER TABLE. HE WAS CAUGHT SELLING HOUSE COAL THREE DAYS PRIOR TO THIS INJURY.

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