South Ridge Mine #2 LK: 45 MSHA citations
Coal
Cowen,
Webster County,
WV
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608848
South Ridge Mine #2 LK has $4K 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
- 5
- Years on record
- 2001–2002
- Latest incident
- Aug 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
9
significant & substantial
$3,630
proposed penalties
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 617 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 #2 LK has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
45 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-07-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
20.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
4.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 2.2% none, 17.8% low, 80.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at South Ridge Mine #2 LK shows 95% of 88 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2002-07-30, 24 years ago
40 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 48 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR39
- ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (INTAKE SIDE)7
- ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)7
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2002-07-29, 24 years ago
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR3
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Health sampling trend
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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 by year
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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.
| Year |
within 1.5 mg/m3 |
samples |
| 2002 |
94% |
53 |
| 2001 |
97% |
35 |
Silica (quartz) by year
| Year |
silica avg (%) |
samples |
| 2002 |
5.2 |
4 |
| 2001 |
4.1 |
5 |
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
South Ridge Mine #2 LK recorded 9.68 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.
Injury rate, 2002
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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.
Above average. The US coal mining average was 6.89 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 9.17 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.
Workforce and production
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Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
| Year |
Employees |
Coal produced (tons) |
| 2002 |
35 |
416,418 |
| 2001 |
35 |
229,795 |
| 2000 |
0 |
|
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
South Ridge Mine #2 LK sits in Webster County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 7.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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
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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 |
| 2002 Q4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2002 Q3 |
16,413 |
10 |
1 |
609.3 |
| 2002 Q2 |
21,564 |
4 |
2 |
185.5 |
| 2002 Q1 |
23,994 |
6 |
1 |
250.1 |
| 2001 Q4 |
23,471 |
19 |
4 |
809.5 |
| 2001 Q3 |
16,053 |
6 |
1 |
373.8 |
| 2001 Q2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2000 Q3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2002 · 4 incidents
Coastal Coal-West Virginia, LLC · Accident type, without injuries
AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE NO. 1 ROOM DRIVEN OFF NO. 4 ENTRY INTAKE. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX. 50' LONG X 17.5' WIDE X 5' HIGH. THIS AREA WAS APPROX 250' FROM PORTAL. THE FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.
June 14, 2002
WV · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
EE WAS TRAMMING THE ROOF BOLTER BY THE SIDE TRAM CONTROLS IN THE #3 ENTRY. A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK FELL ONTO HIS HAND.
June 3, 2002
WV · Coal
continuous miner operator, coal mole operator
DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Coastal Coal-West Virginia, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THIS EMPLOYEE HAS HAD CORRECTIVE SURGERY FOR CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME DUE TO REPETITIVE TRAUMA.
Coastal Coal-West Virginia, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE ALEGED HE THOUGHT HE POSSIBLY STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING THE TRAILING CABLE TO THE CONTINUOUS MINER FROM THE MINE FLOOR ONTO BOOM OF MINER. IN PREPERATION TO MOVE MINER. THI S EE DIDN'T REPORT THIS INJURY TO MANAGEMENT UNTIL 6-3-02.
2001 · 1 incident
December 5, 2001
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coastal Coal-West Virginia, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON SLICK MINE FLOOR, CAUSING HIM TO DO A "SPLIT" OR "SPREAD EAGLE" FALL. THIS RESULTED IN A HERNIA.