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Totten Ridge Surface Mine No.1 Coal

Skygusky, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 4605695

Totten Ridge Surface Mine No.1 has $34K in proposed MSHA penalties and $31K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2014
Latest incident
Feb 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
27
citations
9
significant & substantial
$34,454
proposed penalties
$3,096
paid to date
9% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $31,358 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
31
inspections on record
355
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: 355 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Totten Ridge Surface Mine No.1 has $34K in proposed MSHA penalties and $31K outstanding across 2 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.
$34K
proposed penalties
$34K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$31K
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-05-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at Totten Ridge Surface Mine No.1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.07 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 11 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.
0.07
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.33
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
11
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-06-06.
Noise
0%
over PEL
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-05-22.
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
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q2 1,920 0 0 0.0
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q1 10,309 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 10,882 3 0 275.7
2012 Q3 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2014 · 1 incident

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