Skyway III Mine Coal
Skyway Strip, Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Edward A Asbury
Welch,
Mcdowell County,
WV
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4609480
Skyway III Mine has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 2 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 2014
86
citations
15
significant & substantial
$19,767
proposed penalties
$13,062
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,705 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
35
inspections on record
1,368
inspection hours
6.3
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.86 citations across 1,368 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Skyway III Mine has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 2 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.$20K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
86 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Skyway III Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.19 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 179 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.0.19
dust avg (mg/m3)
4.87
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
179
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-05-28.
Silica (quartz)
15.6
silica avg (%)
39.4
silica max (%)
18
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-12-18.
Noise
2%
over PEL
64
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-12-09.
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 | 9,475 | 8 | 2 | 844.3 |
| 2025 Q3 | 9,504 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 8,101 | 13 | 2 | 1604.7 |
| 2025 Q1 | 6,097 | 8 | 2 | 1312.1 |
| 2024 Q4 | 11,531 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q2 | 2,040 | 5 | 0 | 2451.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 9,480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 7,847 | 6 | 2 | 764.6 |
| 2023 Q3 | 8,183 | 2 | 0 | 244.4 |
| 2023 Q2 | 8,336 | 1 | 0 | 120.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 7,409 | 3 | 0 | 404.9 |
| 2022 Q4 | 6,604 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 6,288 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 6,619 | 8 | 0 | 1208.6 |
| 2022 Q1 | 7,313 | 2 | 0 | 273.5 |
| 2021 Q4 | 5,997 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 6,606 | 1 | 0 | 151.4 |
| 2021 Q2 | 5,842 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 5,643 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 5,349 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 5,220 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 5,863 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 8,923 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 17,421 | 5 | 0 | 287.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 11,241 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 10,673 | 1 | 0 | 93.7 |
| 2019 Q1 | 8,497 | 3 | 2 | 353.1 |
| 2018 Q4 | 8,510 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 9,111 | 1 | 0 | 109.8 |
| 2018 Q2 | 9,978 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 8,355 | 1 | 0 | 119.7 |
| 2017 Q4 | 8,265 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 8,075 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 4,914 | 2 | 2 | 407.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q4 | 3,619 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q2 | 2,302 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 7,180 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 10,360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 11,117 | 5 | 2 | 449.8 |
| 2015 Q2 | 11,194 | 4 | 0 | 357.3 |
| 2015 Q1 | 11,401 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 10,191 | 2 | 1 | 196.3 |
| 2014 Q3 | 7,936 | 5 | 0 | 630.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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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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.