Mining Incidents

Tralee Mine No. 1 Coal

Lo Down Energy, Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Philip T Lambert
Itmann, Wyoming County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609282

Tralee Mine No. 1 has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2011
Latest incident
Jun 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
121
citations
25
significant & substantial
$22,316
proposed penalties
$22,313
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
25
inspections on record
769
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: 769 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Tralee Mine No. 1 has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3 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.
$22K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$22K
paid to date
$3
outstanding
120 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-04-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Tralee Mine No. 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.92 mg/m3 (91% compliant) across 80 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.
0.92
dust avg (mg/m3)
12.85
dust max (mg/m3)
91%
within 1.5 mg/m3
80
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-03-14.
Silica (quartz)
9.2
silica avg (%)
13.9
silica max (%)
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-03-23.
Noise
0%
over PEL
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-01-06.
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
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
Show 17 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 1 0
2012 Q1 7,296 16 1 2193.0
2011 Q4 6,895 43 10 6236.4
2011 Q3 7,121 10 4 1404.3
2011 Q2 8,628 12 2 1390.8
2011 Q1 7,491 15 3 2002.4
2010 Q4 6,864 13 1 1893.9
2010 Q3 4,000 11 4 2750.0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2011 · 1 incident

June 15, 2011 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Lo Down Energy, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Operator was tramming scoop to out side made turn off and slid down on rubber stop and mashed hand (left) between rubber stop and frame of scoop.

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