Mining Incidents

Still Run No 9 Coal

Ole Way Mining Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Ira M Simpkins
Itmann, Wyoming County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4605201

Still Run No 9 has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $15K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2001–2006
Latest incident
Mar 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
193
citations
66
significant & substantial
$19,784
proposed penalties
$4,577
paid to date
23% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $15,207 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
56
inspections on record
1,685
inspection hours
11.5
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.
193 citations across 1,685 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Still Run No 9 has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $15K 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$15K
outstanding
188 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-09-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Still Run No 9 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.74 mg/m3 (89% compliant) across 189 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.
0.74
dust avg (mg/m3)
7.11
dust max (mg/m3)
89%
within 1.5 mg/m3
189
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-06-29.
Silica (quartz)
16.2
silica avg (%)
54.4
silica max (%)
17
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-03-15.
Noise
6%
over PEL
18
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-07-13.
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
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 117 13 3 111111.1
2006 Q2 2,560 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 10 10 6 1000000.0
2005 Q4 1,715 4 0 2332.4
2005 Q3 5,605 17 6 3033.0
2005 Q2 5,589 28 15 5009.8
2005 Q1 9,168 23 9 2508.7
Show 17 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,804 8 5 2103.0
2004 Q2 559 8 2 14311.3
2004 Q1 1,272 10 2 7861.6
2003 Q4 404 6 2 14851.5
2003 Q3 4,056 6 2 1479.3
2003 Q2 600 4 0 6666.7
2003 Q1 10 5 1 500000.0
2002 Q4 11,306 6 1 530.7
2002 Q3 9,453 14 3 1481.0
2002 Q2 6,597 3 2 454.8
2002 Q1 0 1 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 6,440 27 7 4192.5
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2006 · 1 incident

March 14, 2006 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Ole Way Mining Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

operator let jack down on his foot, roofbolter stab jack

2005 · 3 incidents

August 16, 2005 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ole Way Mining Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Lifting a rock to clear the roadway felt back pop.

May 10, 2005 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ole Way Mining Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

unloading timbers mashed finger between two timbers. left index finger

May 5, 2005 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ole Way Mining Inc. · Struck by falling object

employee was working on a water pump being held up by a fork lift, pump fell stirking employee on right shoulder and right ankle

2003 · 1 incident

January 6, 2003 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cale Yarborough Energy, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST THE MINE ROOF.

2002 · 2 incidents

December 1, 2002 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Cale Yarborough Energy, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS BACKING UP A RUBBER TIRED MANTRIP "3-WHEELER" WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST THE MINE ROOF.

November 26, 2002 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cale Yarborough Energy, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS HELPING TO PUT DRIVE SHAFT ON EIMCO MINER WHEN HE INJURED HIS BACK.

2001 · 1 incident

March 8, 2001 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Camp Creek Service Center Ltd · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HELPING TO MOVE BELT TAILPIECE TO SECTIONWHEN THE TAILPIECE SHIFTED IN THE SCOOP BUCKET &STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT LEG.

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The full compliance file on Still Run No 9

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.