Mining Incidents

Six South No One Mine Coal

Rio Group Inc · Underground
Controlled by Richard H Abraham
Ragland, Mingo County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608857

Six South No One Mine has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2001–2004
Latest incident
Apr 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
46
citations
20
significant & substantial
$3,998
proposed penalties
$2,763
paid to date
69% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,235 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
43
inspections on record
1,079
inspection hours
4.3
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.
46 citations across 1,079 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Six South No One Mine has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
44 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-04-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Six South No One Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.48 mg/m3 (97% compliant) across 175 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.
0.48
dust avg (mg/m3)
3.23
dust max (mg/m3)
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
175
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-03-27.
Silica (quartz)
11.6
silica avg (%)
23.6
silica max (%)
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-01-28.
Noise
0%
over PEL
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-09-29.
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
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 3 0
2004 Q1 10,045 6 4 597.3
2003 Q4 10,198 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 10,066 8 7 794.8
2003 Q2 15,270 2 1 131.0
2003 Q1 11,460 7 3 610.8
2002 Q4 14,801 3 1 202.7
Show 6 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q3 11,377 3 1 263.7
2002 Q2 12,850 8 3 622.6
2002 Q1 9,525 1 0 105.0
2001 Q4 4,304 5 0 1161.7
2001 Q3 847 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2004 · 1 incident

April 12, 2004 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Rio Group Inc · Struck against a moving object

Driver Said truck jumped out of grear going down bottom steep truck would not stop. asked about braces owner said they had put new brakes on recently.

2003 · 4 incidents

December 4, 2003 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rio Group Inc · Struck by falling object

Rub rail off side fell off side of miner on right foot.

June 25, 2003 WV · Coal

GETTING ROOF BOLT TO BE PUT IN TOP.

April 21, 2003 WV · Coal electrician, lineman

TWISTED BACK PUTTING CONVEYOR MOTOR ON MINER.

January 18, 2003 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator

MOVING MINER CABLE AND INJURED BACK.

2002 · 5 incidents

October 23, 2002 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rio Group Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

SHOVELING BELT & FELT PAIN IN BACK.

October 1, 2002 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss STRIKING OR BUMPING
Rio Group Inc · Struck against stationary object

WALKED INTO A CABLE.

September 5, 2002 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Rio Group Inc · Struck by falling object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK IN THE LOWER BACK BY A SLAB OF ROCK.

September 3, 2002 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rio Group Inc · Struck by falling object

WORKING ON RUB RAIL & KNOCKED OFF ONTO THE INJURED EE'S FOOT, WHICH RESULTED IN A BROKEN FOOT.

April 11, 2002 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rio Group Inc · Struck by falling object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING THE ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND HAND. HE RECEIVED STITCHES TO HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

2001 · 1 incident

March 21, 2001 WV · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Rio Group Inc · Struck against a moving object

TRUCK WAS HAULING COAL AND WAS LOADING HEAVY TO ONE SIDE. AS TRUCK WAS ENTERING A CURVE, THE WEIGHT AND ROAD CONTIONS CAUSED IT TO TURN OVER.

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