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Sewell Mine R Coal

Controlled by Edward A Asbury
War, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 4609455

Sewell Mine R has $245K in proposed MSHA penalties and $25K outstanding across 38 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2017–2020
Latest incident
Feb 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
666
citations
115
significant & substantial
$245,454
proposed penalties
$162,152
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $83,301 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
80
inspections on record
4,979
inspection hours
13.4
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.
666 citations across 4,979 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sewell Mine R has $245K in proposed MSHA penalties and $25K outstanding across 38 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.
$245K
proposed penalties
$187K
current assessed
$162K
paid to date
$25K
outstanding
650 assessments are final orders; 38 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at Sewell Mine R shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.43 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 971 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.
0.43
dust avg (mg/m3)
8.85
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
971
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-03-05.
Silica (quartz)
4.3
silica avg (%)
10.9
silica max (%)
87
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-03-09.
Noise
0%
over PEL
73
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-01-29.
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
2025 Q4 8,027 15 5 1868.7
2025 Q3 7,154 16 4 2236.5
2025 Q2 5,531 1 1 180.8
2025 Q1 9,660 3 0 310.6
2024 Q4 10,041 12 2 1195.1
2024 Q3 10,502 15 2 1428.3
2024 Q2 10,047 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 10,899 7 0 642.3
Show 46 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 9,023 7 2 775.8
2023 Q3 9,316 15 2 1610.1
2023 Q2 9,227 12 1 1300.5
2023 Q1 10,577 24 5 2269.1
2022 Q4 9,878 15 2 1518.5
2022 Q3 9,005 9 1 999.4
2022 Q2 9,370 9 2 960.5
2022 Q1 9,964 19 2 1906.9
2021 Q4 8,922 11 1 1232.9
2021 Q3 8,166 23 2 2816.6
2021 Q2 8,582 25 2 2913.1
2021 Q1 10,175 22 0 2162.2
2020 Q4 2,944 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 304 1 0 3289.5
2020 Q2 5,633 14 2 2485.4
2020 Q1 7,935 21 3 2646.5
2019 Q4 6,962 25 3 3590.9
2019 Q3 7,601 13 1 1710.3
2019 Q2 8,385 18 2 2146.7
2019 Q1 8,961 16 6 1785.5
2018 Q4 8,447 2 0 236.8
2018 Q3 6,639 27 3 4066.9
2018 Q2 9,194 15 3 1631.5
2018 Q1 7,079 30 9 4237.9
2017 Q4 5,863 14 2 2387.9
2017 Q3 1,865 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 1 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 4,129 7 0 1695.3
2015 Q4 7,188 7 0 973.8
2015 Q3 7,803 14 8 1794.2
2015 Q2 8,337 23 3 2758.8
2015 Q1 4,100 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 7,577 47 9 6203.0
2014 Q3 8,444 20 6 2368.5
2014 Q2 8,121 15 5 1847.1
2014 Q1 6,354 19 0 2990.2
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 2,677 5 0 1867.8
2013 Q2 9,897 30 5 3031.2
2013 Q1 8,449 7 1 828.5
2012 Q4 3,110 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2020 · 1 incident

February 13, 2020 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Raw Coal Mining Company, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was preparing to make a belt splice and while cutting the belt with a knife, EE slipped allowing the knife to cut EE's thumb.

2017 · 1 incident

May 15, 2017 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Raw Coal Mining Company, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating a scoop and ran over a rock. This caused the employee to be jarred inside the operating deck of the scoop.

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