Mining Incidents

Saylor Mine Coal

Bays, Webster County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4609126

Saylor Mine has $48K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 9 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2009–2011
Latest incident
Feb 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
119
citations
24
significant & substantial
$48,423
proposed penalties
$40,343
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8,080 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
30
inspections on record
1,634
inspection hours
7.3
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.
119 citations across 1,634 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Saylor Mine has $48K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 9 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.
$48K
proposed penalties
$40K
current assessed
$40K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
117 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-01-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Saylor Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.39 mg/m3 (98% compliant) across 135 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.
0.39
dust avg (mg/m3)
3.19
dust max (mg/m3)
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
135
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-03-07.
Silica (quartz)
10.7
silica avg (%)
20.4
silica max (%)
7
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-02-02.
Noise
30%
over PEL
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-08-24.
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
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 29,171 7 0 240.0
2010 Q4 27,487 5 2 181.9
2010 Q3 31,190 43 9 1378.6
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q2 29,270 12 3 410.0
2010 Q1 29,250 9 2 307.7
2009 Q4 26,404 20 3 757.5
2009 Q3 35,854 10 2 278.9
2009 Q2 20,273 11 2 542.6
2009 Q1 1,138 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 924 1 0 1082.3
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2011 · 5 incidents

February 22, 2011 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Brooks Run Mining Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall measuring 25' long, 20' wide, and 8' thick was discovered in the #4 entry at survey mark 66128 approximately 2000' from the working face. The area was developed 2/4/11 with 6' torque tension roof bolts as the primary support. Fall did not impede travel, nor affect ventilation. No injuries occurred as a result of the fall.

February 15, 2011 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Brooks Run Mining Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall measuring 20'long, 18'wide, and 8'thick was discovered in the #5 entry outby spad 66202. Fall was 600' from the working face and did not affect ventilation or the passage of men. Area was developed 2/11/11 with 6' torque tension roof bolts as primary support. No injuries were reported as a result of the fall.

February 14, 2011 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Brooks Run Mining Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall measuring 36'long, 19'wide, and 12'thick was discovered in the #4 entry 6 belt inby spad 65935. The fall was 650' from the working section and was developed Jan 2011 with 6' and 8' torque tension roof bolts as support. The fall did not impede ventilation or the passage of men. No injuries were reported as a result of the fall.

February 3, 2011 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Brooks Run Mining Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall was discovered in return 3200' from working face and measured 50' long, 18.5' wide, 12'thick. Fall was located in Southwest return panel and was developed in 2009, 4' glue bolts were the primary support. Ventilation and passage of men not affected. Fall area will be barricaded and dangered off.

February 1, 2011 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Brooks Run Mining Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall discovered in return 3900' from working section measuring 80'-150' long, 160' wide, and unknown thickness. Fall was located between #7 and #8 entry, the area was developed 1/20/09 with 4' glue bolts as primary support. Fall was immediately reported and investigated by MSHA.

2010 · 2 incidents

December 17, 2010 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Brooks Run Mining Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While using sledge hammer to strike feeder drive chain, employee missed his target, striking finger on his left hand between feeder frame and hammer handle.

July 13, 2010 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Brooks Run Mining Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall was discovered in the 3rd left return off #2 mains at spad 63665. The fall was 2000' outby the working section, neither ventilation nor the passage of men was not affected. The fall measured 8' high, 100' wide, 175' long. The area was developed Feb 2010 with 48" glue bolts as primary roof support. The entrances to the fall was timbered.

2009 · 1 incident

September 1, 2009 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Brooks Run Mining Company LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was reaching for a bundle of roof bolt plates while operating a roof bolter, when rock measuring 24" x 18" x 6" thick fell from the roof between 2 previous roof supports and struck the right hand. Employee sustained fractures to the smaller finger right hand to which was later amputated to the first joint.

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The full compliance file on Saylor Mine

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.