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.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Still Run No 9 shows 89% of 189 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: 2006-06-29, 20 years ago
89%
within 1.5 mg/m3
189
samples
7.11
dust max (mg/m3)
91 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 98 by the operator.
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.
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.
Still Run No 9 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005.
Injury rate, 2005
ⓘ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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 5.11 and the all-US-mining average was 4.21 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 5.85 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.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
14.62
14.62
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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.
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)
2006
3
9,500
2005
33
67,593
2004
5
23,321
2003
4
18,326
2002
14
14,075
2001
3
3,924
2000
0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Still Run No 9 sits in Wyoming County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% 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.
Wyoming County, West Virginia · Population 20,948
11.2%
Mining share of county employment
$48,038
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
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
16
6
2854.6
2005 Q2
5,589
28
15
5009.8
2005 Q1
9,168
23
9
2508.7
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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
9
1
7075.5
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
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