Mining Incidents

Skinned Poplar Strip Coal

Ed Coal, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Everett Gordon Justice
Glen Rogers, Wyoming County, WV  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 4608575

Skinned Poplar Strip has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1998
Latest incident
Jul 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
21
citations
6
significant & substantial
$18,203
proposed penalties
$18,203
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
18
inspections on record
399
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: 399 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Skinned Poplar Strip has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$18K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-03-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Skinned Poplar Strip shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.07 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 50 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.
0.07
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.30
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
50
samples
Most recent sample: 2023-10-17.
Silica (quartz)
15.3
silica avg (%)
26.7
silica max (%)
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2023-03-22.
Noise
0%
over PEL
12
samples
Most recent sample: 2023-03-15.
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 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
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 8,038 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 10,765 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 15,540 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 17,572 3 0 170.7
2022 Q4 18,076 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 18,756 2 0 106.6
2022 Q2 16,999 2 0 117.7
2022 Q1 12,739 4 0 314.0
2021 Q4 11,041 5 5 452.9
2021 Q3 9,568 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,479 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1998 · 1 incident

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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.