LEFT MOTOR RUNNING IN VEHICLE WHICH HAD MANY HOLES IN EXHAUST. FELL ASLEEP.
Surface Reclaim No. 1: 1 recorded fatality Coal
Surface Reclaim No. 1 has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 54
- Years on record
- 1983–2005
- Latest incident
- Oct 2005
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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.Surface Reclaim No. 1 has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
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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.ⓘ
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.ⓘ
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.- Settled 1 · 100%
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Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.ⓘ
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.| Docket | Decision | Judge | Year | Proposed / upheld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEVA 2006-57 | Settlement | Hodgdon | 2006 | $2K → $750 |
MSHA sampling at Surface Reclaim No. 1 shows 100% of 39 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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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: 2005-08-17, 21 years ago
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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.- BULLDOZER OPERATOR17
- HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER7
- REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE7
Noise
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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.
Last sampled: 2005-08-15, 21 years ago
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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.- BULLDOZER OPERATOR2
- HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER2
- HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR2
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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 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 100% | 5 |
| 2003 | 100% | 4 |
| 2002 | 100% | 8 |
| 2001 | 100% | 10 |
| 2000 | 100% | 12 |
| Year | over PEL | samples |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 20% | 5 |
| 2000 | 20% | 5 |
Surface Reclaim No. 1 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005.
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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.| Year | total case rate | days-away | fatal |
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| 2005 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2002 * | 10.63 | 5.32 | 0.000 |
| 2001 * | 3.39 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2000 * | 24.34 | 18.26 | 0.000 |
- Vecellio & Grogan Inc 1978 to 1987
- Topflite Coal Company 1987 to 1990
- Hudson Coal Company 1990 to 1992
- Madison Branch Management Inc 1992 to 1995
- Landmark Corp 1995 to 1997
- Coal Rush Mining Inc 1997 to 2004
- TMR Loading and Processing, Inc. 2004 to 2006
- Simmons Fork Mining, Inc. 2006 to present
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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) |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 19 | 49,618 |
| 2005 | 24 | 172,539 |
| 2004 | 6 | 460 |
| 2003 | 7 | 27,604 |
| 2002 | 29 | 246,997 |
| 2001 | 31 | 337,876 |
| 2000 | 31 | 364,805 |
Surface Reclaim No. 1 sits in Wyoming County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% of county employment.
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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.ⓘ
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.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
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| 2006 Q1 | 9,760 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 11,747 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 11,418 | 10 | 5 | 875.8 |
| 2005 Q2 | 13,357 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 11,149 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 497 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
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| 2003 Q1 | 9,728 | 4 | 3 | 411.2 |
| 2002 Q4 | 15,304 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 18,341 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 20,785 | 2 | 2 | 96.2 |
| 2002 Q1 | 20,806 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 18,239 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 19,249 | 6 | 2 | 311.7 |
| 2001 Q2 | 19,325 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 2,192 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 18,957 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 21,196 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 2,080 | 2 | 2 | 961.5 |
| 2000 Q1 | 23,491 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
53 on file (excluding fatalities above)2005 · 1 incident
Operator was dumping a load of rock in the hollow fill when the load caught in the tailgate causing the cab of the truck to overturn. Laceration to his left arm which required 4 stitches to close.
2003 · 4 incidents
I WAS RUNNING A 992 LOADER. I WAS CLEANING UP AROUND A BIG ROCK. WHEN I WENT AROUND, THE CORNER OF THE BUCKET HIT THE ROCK.
WAS GETTING OUT OF THE ROCK TRUCK, THE HAND RAILS AND STEPS WERE ICED OVER DUE TO WINTER STORM. SLIPPED AND FELL OUT OF TRUCK DUE TO ICE.
CO-WORKER WAS PUTTING AIR IN TIRE ON GREASE TRUCK. TIRE BLEW OUT AND SPRAYED MUD IN EE'S EYES. HE HAD WALKED UP BEHIND CO-WORKER TO ASK QUESTION.
WORKER WAS LOADING A BOTTLE OF OXYGEN ON TO SERVICE TRUCK AND HE LOST HIS FOOTING IN THE SNOW & FELL WITH THE BOTTLE OF OXYGEN. HE HURT HIS LOWER BACK, HIP AND NECK.
2002 · 4 incidents
STEPPED ON HOE TRACK. TRACK SLICK DUE TO RAIN. HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON TRACK, HURTING LEFT HIP, BACK AND NECK.
TAKING THE SUPPLY HOSE OFF THE POWDER TRUCK, CO-WORKER RAISED THE BOOM UP IT JERKED TO LEFT & HIT HIM IN HEAD, KNOCKED HIM DOWN.
WAS LIFTING A HOOD UPON A TRUCK (TRIPLE 7 ROCK TRUCK) FELT SOMETHING PULL IN BACK.
COLD AND SNOW, ICE OUTSIDE. GOING DOWN STEPS WHEN SHE SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING HER NECK AND BACK. TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO HOSPITAL C/0 NECK AND BACK PAIN.
2001 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS GOING DOWN STEPS ON 1100 HOE WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OFF STEP AND HURT HIS LEFT SHOULDER. BY HANGING ON TO LADDER TO KEEP FROM FALLING AND HURT HIMSELF GETTING BACK ON MACHINE 9/21/01.
2000 · 8 incidents
TRACTOR SLIPPED OFF OF A ROCK SIDEWAYS, RESULTING IN WHIPLASH TO HIS NECK. EE DID NOT REPORT INJURY UNTIL 11/4/00 AT 1:00 PM. EMPLOYEE CONSULTED PHYSICIAN ON 11/6/00.
FOREMAN TRAVELING ON HAUL ROAD. FOREMAN'S PU AND COAL TRUCK COLLIDED, RESULTING IN INJURIES. MAC COAL TRUCK WAS TRAVELING ON WRONG SIDE OF ROAD.
EXITING DOZER AT END OF SHIFT, SLIPPED AND FELL. SEEN DR ON 6-8-00 DID NOT SEE DR IMMEDIATELY AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.
HAND SLIPPED HITTING PIECE OF SHARP METAL.
CLIMBING THE LADDER TO ENTER 777D ROCK TRUCK, EE SLIPPED OFF OF SECOND STEP AND FELL RESULTING IN MUSCLE STRAIN. EE DID NOT CONSULT PHYSICIAN AT TIME OF ACCIDENT. SAW DR ON 9/16/00. ENPLOYER N OT INFORMED UNTIL 9/28/00.
777D DUMPED BIG ROCK. FRONT END CAME OFF GROUND WHEN FRONT END HIT GROUND. STEERING WHEEL SPUN AROUND AND HIT RIGHT WRIST. EE SAID WRIST HURT A LITTLE NOTHING MAJOR.
GRINDING PIECE OF METAL. PARTICLE OF METAL GOT INTO EYE. EE WAS WEARING SAFTEY GLASSES. NO LOSS TIME OF WORK.
DOZER WAS WORKING IN SHOT, UNDER ORDINARY CONDITIONS OPERATOR JUST SAID HIS NECK WAS SORE.
1999 · 6 incidents
EE WAS BACKING UP LOADER AND HAD NECK PAIN.
INSPECTING EQUIPMENT FOR OIL LEAK. EE FELL FROM CATWALK TO GROUND. EE FELL ONTO ROCK.
992D DUMPTED BIG ROCK INTO TK. BED ROCK FELL OVER HIT SIDE OF BED, SHOOK OPERATOR TK. EE DID NOT GO TO SEE A DR. I WAS INFORMED NEXT SHIFT. 10-8-99. 5 PM.
CLAIM OF PNEUMOCONIOSIS
EMPLOYEE FILED A CLAIM WITH WEST VIRGINIA WORKERS COMP., STATING THAT HE HAD STEPPED DOWN OUT OFOFFICE TRAILER AND HIS BACK CAUGHT AFTER RETREIVING SUPPLIES.
FELL OFF DOZER.
1998 · 1 incident
EE ALLEGES THAT HE INJURED HIS BACK WHEN HE RAN OVER A ROCK WITH A HIGHWALL DRILL.
1997 · 2 incidents
EE WAS STANDING ON BLADE ARM, PICKED UP BATTERY AND HURT BACK.
ON 2-7-97, EE HIT HIS ELBOW ON THE DOOR OF A BACKHOE. HE DID NOT MISS ANDY WORK UNTIL 5-9-97 AT THIS TIME HE HAD TO GO TO THE DR GET THE FLUID REMOVED FROM HIS ELBOW.
1995 · 5 incidents
EE WAS ASSISTING MECHANIC WHEN PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF & HIT HIS [RIGHT] EYE.
PUTTING TIRE ON POWDER TRUCK. WHEEL SLIPPED AND GOT FINGER.
STEP ON EDGE OF ROCK AND FELL AFTER HE CLIMBED OFF OF THE DOZER.
WAS LOADING HOLES WHEN SIDE AUGER ON BUUK TRUCK CAME AROUND AND HIT EE IN THE FRONT. EE LOST BALANCE AND AS HE WAS FALLING, TWISTED TO CATCH HIMSELF AND PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE HTI HS HEAD ON A BOLT OF A MIRROR BRACKET ON 992.
1994 · 7 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS UNROLLING LEAD LIME FOR BLAST, STEPPED ON ROCK (RAIN LITE), SLIPPED, SAID HE HURT BACK & NECK.
PULLED SOMETHING IN BACK WHILE LIFTING HYD. OIL LINES OFF 235 BACKHOE.
ALL EQUIPMENT LINED UP IN STRAIGHT LINE D10 DOZER, 2-777 ROCK TKS 2ND CAT992 ROCK TK IN MIDDLE OF LINE UP BACKED INTO REAR OF D10 PARKED BEHIND IT. OPERATOR ON D10 SITTING IN SCAT FILLING OUT PRESHIFT REPORT DEBRIS FROM CAB AND REAR GLASS HIT DOZER OPER. ROLL CAB ON D10 STOPPED TRUCK.
HE WAS DISMOUNTING LOADER, MISSED BOTTOM STEP STRAINED HIS BACK.
CUTTING DRILL BENCH AND CLEANING WALL, WALL FELLON DOZER. EMPLOYEE JUMPED TO THE OTHER SIDE OF DOZER AND BRUISED SHID. EMPLOYEE GOT OUT OF DOZER& FELL CAUSING FURTHER INJURY.
EE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM A 16 G MOTOR GRADER AFTER BLADING A WORK AREA WHEN HE PUT HIS FOOT ON STEP AND SLIPPED, GRABBED LADDER AND HUNG ON WITH HIS ARMS.
EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS LIFTING A BIG ROCK WITH THE 992 CAT LOADER WHEN THE ROCK SLIPPED IN HIS BUCKET AND JARRED HIM REAL HARD, CAUSING HIS STOMACH AREA TO START HURTING.
1993 · 4 incidents
WHILE USING CUTTING TORCHES A PIECE OF SLAG OR DIRT FLEW INTO LEFT EAR.
ACCIDENT REPORTED 2:30PM 9-7-93. EMPL0YEE SAID HE HAD INJURED KNEE WHILE CRAWLING UNDER DOZER TO REMOVE BELLY PAN FROM DOZER. EMPLOYEE WORKED 9-7-93 MISSED 9-8, 9, 10-93 RETURNED TO WORK 9- 13-93.
FLYING DUST PARTICLES FROM OTHER EQUIPMENT WORK IN AREA END LOADER
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE PARKING AREA FROM MY TRUCK AND STEPPED IN A HOLE. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AFTER DARK BUT THE PARKING LOT IS WELL LIGHTED WITH A LIGHT PLANT. THE PARKING AREA WAS BEING RESURFACED WITH ROCK AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
1992 · 2 incidents
FELL FROM DOZER-BACK PAIN.
GETTING OFF DOZER,SLIPPED AND FELL INJURING LOWER BACK AND LEFT LEG.
1991 · 4 incidents
THIS WAS A VEHICLE ACCIDENT. OUT DRIVER WAS GOING UP THE HILL ON MINE PROPERTY, DRIVING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS WAS A SINGLE LANE ROAD. THE COAL TRUCK WAS COMING TOWARD HIM ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THEY COLLIDED TOGETHER. OUT DRIVER HAD SOME MINOR CUTS TO HIS HEAD AND FACE.
EMPLOYEE FUELING EQUIPMENT, REACHING WITH FUEL HOSE TOWARD TANK INLET, FOOT SLIPPED, TWISTING BACK. NOTE: INJURY NOT RPEORTED TO SUPERVISOR, NO KNOWLEDGE OF INJURY UNTIL DOCTOR REPORT RECIEV ED.
RUNNING ROAD GRADER ON HAULROAD MACHINE BLADE CAUGHT ROCK THROWING OPERATOR INTO TOP OF GRADER CAB.
EMPLOYEE ON D-11 DOZER CATWALK BATTERIES FOR D-11 LOCATED UNDER CATWALK ON RT SIDE AS EMPLOYEE WALKED ON CATWALK WEIGHT OF EMPLOYEE APPARENTLY PUSHED BATTERY BOX COVER ONTO BATTERY TERMINALS C AUSING ONE OF THE BATTERIES TO EXPLODE EMPLOYEE JUMPED OFF DOZER INJURING BACK
1990 · 1 incident
A ROCK FELL FROM THE 40' BENCH OF THE HIGHWALL AND BOUNCED OFF OF THE LOWER 5' OF THE HIGHWALL CAUSING IT TO FLY UNDER THE AUGER ROCK SHIELD AND STRIKE THE VICTIM ON THE RIGHT FOOT.
1989 · 1 incident
THE INJURED WAS OPERATING HIS DOZER NEAR THE HIGHWALL WHEN MUD AND ROCK SLID OFF THE BANK AND STRUCK THE DOZER CAUSING THE OPERATOR TO STRIKE HIS HEAD ON THE CANOPY.
1984 · 1 incident
WHILE OPERATING DOZER ON VALLEY FILL RECLAIMATION THE OPERATOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A LARGE BOULDER WITH THE DOZER. ON DOING SO THE DOZER TRACKS SLID ON A LARGE FLAT ROCK WHICH WAS ON A 2 1/4: 1 SLOPE FOR APPROX 9\. AFTER SLIDING ON THE ROCK THE TRACKS DUG INTO DIRT WHICH CAUSED THE DOZER TO OVERTURN 1 1/4 TIMES.
1983 · 1 incident
GOT OUT OF THE DOZER CAB TO CLEAN WINDOWS - HELD ONTO DOOR FRAME AND THE WIND BLEW THE DOOR SHUT ON HAND