Mining Incidents

South Ridge Mine #1 UK Coal

Cowen, Webster County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608847

South Ridge 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
3
Years on record
2001
Latest incident
Jul 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
14
citations
6
significant & substantial
$1,170
proposed penalties
$1,170
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
11
inspections on record
232
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: 232 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 Ridge 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
14 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-07-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at South Ridge Mine #1 UK shows respirable coal dust averaging 1.16 mg/m3 (81% compliant) across 21 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.
1.16
dust avg (mg/m3)
7.68
dust max (mg/m3)
81%
within 1.5 mg/m3
21
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-07-19.
Silica (quartz)
29.6
silica avg (%)
48.3
silica max (%)
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-07-23.
Noise
20%
over PEL
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-07-03.
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
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 7,495 3 2 400.3
2001 Q2 2,160 11 4 5092.6
2001 Q1 0 0 0
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

3 on file

2001 · 3 incidents

July 17, 2001 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Coastal Coal-West Virginia, LLC · Struck by flying object

HE WAS HELPING PUT BEARINGS IN CENTER SECTION OFA UNIHAULER. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PORTA-POWER TO PRESS THE BEARINGS IN PLACE. THE VICTIMWAS WATCHING THE BEARINGS TO SEE IF THEY WERE MO VING. THE BEARINGS SHOT OUT AND STRUCK HIM.

June 4, 2001 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coastal Coal-West Virginia, LLC · Struck by falling object

HE WAS HELPING 2 OTHER MEN SET 3X8 HEADER HE WAS HOLDING OVER END OF THE HEADER UP WHILE THE OTHERMEN SET THE LEG ONT HE OTHER END. THE HEADER AND LEG SLIPPED LETTING THE HEADER COME DOWN HITT ING HIM.

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