Sewell Valley #2 Coal
Black Water, Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Lucy M Taylor
Charmco, WV,
Greenbrier County,
WV
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4609519
Sewell Valley #2 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $116 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
8
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,234
proposed penalties
$1,118
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $116 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
26
inspections on record
396
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 396 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Sewell Valley #2 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $116 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$116
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-09-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Sewell Valley #2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.11 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 34 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.0.11
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.49
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
34
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-09-26.
Silica (quartz)
7.9
silica avg (%)
13.3
silica max (%)
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-02-22.
Noise
0%
over PEL
8
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-08-17.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q4 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 453 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 1,368 | 1 | 0 | 731.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 1,901 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 3,550 | 3 | 1 | 845.1 |
| 2018 Q4 | 3,715 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 2,054 | 1 | 0 | 486.9 |
| 2018 Q2 | 2,912 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 2,689 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 2,690 | 1 | 0 | 371.7 |
| 2017 Q1 | 776 | 1 | 0 | 1288.7 |
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 Sewell Valley #2
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.