Mining Incidents

South East Mine #1 UK: 11 MSHA citations Coal

Cowen, Webster County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608839

South East Mine #1 UK has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2001
Latest incident
May 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
11
citations
7
significant & substantial
$1,220
proposed penalties
$1,220
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
14
inspections on record
401
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: 401 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

South East Mine #1 UK has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-06-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
63.6%
significant & substantial
9.1%
high negligence or reckless
63.6%
reasonably likely or greater
45.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 36.4% low, 54.5% moderate, 9.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at South East Mine #1 UK shows 87% of 54 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.

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.

Last sampled: 2001-05-23, 25 years ago
87%
within 1.5 mg/m3
54
samples
4.42
dust max (mg/m3)
20 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 34 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR28
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)4
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (INTAKE SIDE)3

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2001-05-31, 25 years ago
17.1
silica avg (%)
7
samples
32.8
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR3

Noise
The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.

Last sampled: 2001-04-11, 25 years ago
0%
over PEL
5
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • SCOOP CAR OPERATOR2
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR1
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (INTAKE SIDE)1
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Health sampling trend
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 by year
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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2001 87% 39
2000 87% 15
Silica (quartz) by year
Year silica avg (%) samples
2001 23.2 4
2000 11.1 3
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

South East Mine #1 UK recorded 4.78 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2001.

Injury rate, 2001
This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
4.78
total case rate
4.78
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 6.94 and the all-US-mining average was 5.26 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 8.13 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Coastal Coal-West Virginia, LLC 2000 to 2003
  2. Brooks Run Mining Company LLC 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
2002 0
2001 25 104,414
2000 22 3,124
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

South East Mine #1 UK sits in Webster County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 7.2% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Webster County, West Virginia · Population 8,253
7.2%
Mining share of county employment
$42,061
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 18,487 6 4 324.6
2001 Q1 23,354 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 7,127 5 3 701.6
Show 1 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q3 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2001 · 1 incident

May 27, 2001 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coastal Coal-West Virginia, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED STATED HE WAS GOING TO THE CENTER OF THEPLACE TO SEE IF HE WAS CUTTING ON CENTER, HE TRIPPED ON THE MINER CABLE, FELT A POP IN HIS RIGHT KNEE. PAIN WORSENED WHEN HE TRIED TO GO BACK DO WN ON HIS KNEES TO WORK.