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.
108 citations across 2,179 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Stony River Mine has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $19 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$19
outstanding
103 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-02-23.
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 Stony River Mine shows 96% of 255 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: 2006-02-08, 20 years ago
96%
within 1.5 mg/m3
255
samples
4.44
dust max (mg/m3)
116 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 139 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.
Stony River Mine recorded 13.84 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.
13.84
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above 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 *
13.84
0.00
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
0.00
0.00
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)
2007
0
2006
7
11,327
2005
15
45,464
2004
0
2003
3
15,881
2002
17
168,652
2001
26
249,884
2000
25
263,553
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Stony River Mine sits in Grant County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Grant County, West Virginia · Population 10,972
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$61,530
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
UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL. FALL MEASURED 20' LONG X 18' WIDE X 40' HIGH. AREA MINED 2/22/06. NO INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. ROOF PREVIOUSLY SUPPORTED WITH 6' TORQUE TENSION AND 6' DOUBLE LOCK BOLTS. ONLY ENTRANCE WAS DANGERED OFF AND BROW SUPPORTED WITH 3 CRIBS. FALL MOST LIKELY WILL NOT BE SUPPORTED OR CLEANED.
2005 · 2 incidents
September 20, 2005WV · Coalcontinuous miner operator, coal mole operatorFALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Employee was in a seated position operating a radio remote controlled continuous miner when a small piece of rock fell from the roof & rib and struck him on the back of his shoulder.
August 29, 2005WV · Coalutility man, errand boy, service truck operatorFALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Employee was roof bolting #5 Entry. He was on the "off side" of the roof bolter in a squat position with the left knee on the mine floor and the right leg posed in a 90" position. While beginning to drill the first hole a piece of rock being drilled fell from the roof, broke against the canopy, and struck the right knee.
2001 · 2 incidents
September 5, 2001WV · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED AT 800 AM 3-22-99. THE FALL OCCURRED IN THE 4 ENTRY FROM THE HIGHWALL INBY APPROX. 40' THE DIMENSIONS OF THE FALL WERE 15' HIGH, 16' WIDE AND APPROX 40' LONG.
THE MINER OPERATOR HAD COMPLTED A 20'CUT ON THE A RUN AND HAD MINED APPROX 6'FROM THE B-RUN WHENTHE ROOF STARTED WORKING. HE HAD PULLED BACK APPROX 3 FT WHEN THE FALL OCCURRED. THE SIZE OF THE FALL WAS APPROX 35'L, 16'W, 6'H, #8 ENTRY 1BLK INBY SPAD 898
EE WAS HELPING SPLICE THE SECTION BELT. WHEN HIS HAMMER STRUCK THE SPLICE TOOL A PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF THE SPLICE TOOL, STRIKING THE EE ON THE RT FOREARM.
1998 · 4 incidents
October 23, 1998WV · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
THE INDIVIDUAL WAS STRAIGHTENING A BEN BOLT DURING INSTALLATION WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT CAUSING THE INJURED TO STRIKE HIS RIGHT HAND AND ELBOW AGAINST THE CANOPY CYLINDER.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS REMOVING A 6'X3'X6" PIECE OF ROCK OFF THE MINER. WHEN IT TIPPED UP, IT CAUGHT HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE ROOF AND ROCK, LACERATING HIS FOREFINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.
April 24, 1998WV · Coalcontinuous miner operator, coal mole operatorDUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
CLAINANT STATED HE SLIPPED OR STUMBLED WHILE GETTING INTO THE OPERATOR DECK OR THE SHUTTLE CAR STRIKING HIS CHEST AGAINST THE CANOPY CAUSING A CHEST CONTUSION.
October 1, 1997WV · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
CLAIMANT STATED HE WAS ROOF BOLTING IN #1 OUTBY AND HAD PUT IN HIS LOAST ROOF BOLT. HE WAS LETTING HIS CANOPY DOWN WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OFF HIS CANOPY AND HIT HIM ON THE BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND CAUSING A DEEP BRUISE.
September 30, 1997WV · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS WORKING ON SECTION ON BOLTER HEAD AND THE DRILL STEEL FELL OUT OF THE ROOF BOLT HOLE AND HIT HIM ON THE BACK OF THE RIGHT HAND. IT FRACTURED THE KNUCKLE ON HIS THIR D FINGER.
CLAIMANT STATES HE WAS SETTING BEHIND MINER, OPERATING REMOTE CONTROLS WHEN A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK & MUD FELL HITTING HIS LEFT HAND CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS RING FINGER.
A CLAY VEIN WAS OBSERVED IN THE INITIAL CUT OF THE NO. 4 MINE OPENING.THREE 4' CUTS WERE TAKEN AND SECURED WITH 2', 4' AND 5' ROOF BOLTS ALONG WITH 5" X 7"AND 3" X8" XBARS (BOLTED AND LEGGED). THE LAST OF THE 4' CUTS HAD BEEN TAKEN AND THE MINER BACKED OUT WHEN THE FALL OCCURRED.