Mining Incidents

Southeastern Auger No. 1 Coal

Controlled by John Stone
Skygusty, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1518890

Southeastern Auger No. 1 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 0 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 2005
15
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,790
proposed penalties
$1,488
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $302 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
55
inspections on record
524
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: 524 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Southeastern Auger No. 1 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$302
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Southeastern Auger No. 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.08 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 24 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.
0.08
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.50
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
24
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-04-21.
Noise
0%
over PEL
20
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-09-13.
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 224 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 64 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 96 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 123 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 128 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 288 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 144 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 128 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 169 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 415 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 192 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 96 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 112 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 48 2 0 41666.7
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 440 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 382 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 236 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 432 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 192 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 225 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 192 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 128 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 13 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 235 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 560 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 900 1 1 1111.1
2013 Q2 175 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 550 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 374 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 406 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 350 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 1,600 1 0 625.0
2011 Q2 300 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 150 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 600 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 800 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 960 2 0 2083.3
2009 Q2 450 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 240 3 1 12500.0
2008 Q4 560 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q4 1,040 0 0 0.0
2006 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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The full compliance file on Southeastern Auger No. 1

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.