Mining Incidents

Tunnel Mine Coal

Naoma, Raleigh County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608655

Tunnel Mine has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1999–2015
Latest incident
Jun 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
145
citations
46
significant & substantial
$22,480
proposed penalties
$21,429
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,051 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
97
inspections on record
2,527
inspection hours
5.7
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.
145 citations across 2,527 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Tunnel Mine has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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
$21K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
143 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-07-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Tunnel Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.75 mg/m3 (84% compliant) across 44 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.
0.75
dust avg (mg/m3)
3.74
dust max (mg/m3)
84%
within 1.5 mg/m3
44
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-06-02.
Silica (quartz)
5.7
silica avg (%)
6.6
silica max (%)
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-06-09.
Noise
0%
over PEL
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-07-11.
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
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 135 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 517 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 517 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,543 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,002 2 0 499.8
Show 56 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q2 7,391 2 0 270.6
2015 Q1 3,928 1 0 254.6
2014 Q4 2,905 1 0 344.2
2014 Q3 2,983 2 0 670.5
2014 Q2 2,733 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 8,329 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,615 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,800 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,932 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,094 2 0 646.4
2012 Q3 3,111 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 0 2 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 6 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 2 1
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 3,870 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,303 1 0 232.4
2008 Q3 3,966 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,205 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,770 4 0 1061.0
2007 Q4 3,076 1 0 325.1
2007 Q3 2,328 6 2 2577.3
2007 Q2 1,304 6 3 4601.2
2007 Q1 1,404 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,692 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,055 3 1 1459.9
2006 Q2 1,488 2 1 1344.1
2006 Q1 1,420 2 0 1408.5
2005 Q4 1,422 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,420 11 3 7746.5
2005 Q2 1,260 15 3 11904.8
2005 Q1 1,386 2 2 1443.0
2004 Q4 0 3 0
2004 Q3 0 6 5
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q3 0 4 1
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 3 1
2002 Q4 0 1 0
2002 Q3 0 2 2
2002 Q2 0 1 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 4 3
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 2,110 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 0 1 0
2000 Q3 5,370 14 4 2607.1
2000 Q2 5,760 17 11 2951.4
2000 Q1 1,156 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2015 · 2 incidents

June 7, 2015 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Independence Coal Company LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Coal dust

February 20, 2015 WV · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Independence Coal Company LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Exposure to Coal Dust

2013 · 1 incident

July 23, 2013 WV · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Independence Coal Company LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS WITH NO SIGNIFICANT PULMONARY IMPAIRMENT. PATIENT COULD DO PREVIOUS JOB. SPIROMETRY SHOWS ONLY MILD OBSTRUCTION. SHOULD NOT OFFER SIGNIFICANT BARRIER TO EXERCISE REQUIRED BY PREVIOUS JOB. REPORT BY DOCTOR BOARD CERTIFIED IN INTERNAL MEDICINE AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST.EE RETIRED 11/20/2012

2000 · 2 incidents

August 24, 2000 WV · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Independence Coal Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TIGHTENING THE HOSE ON THE HEAD JACK. AS HE WAS TIGHTENING THE HOSE, HE SLIPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. EE FINISHED HIS SHIFT AND THEN WENT TO HOSPITAL. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WI TH A SPRAINED KNEE. EE RETURNED TO WORK THE NEXT DAY, 8-25-00.

July 13, 2000 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) ELECTRICAL
Independence Coal Company LLC · Contact with electrical current

EE STATED THAT HE WAS SHOCKED WHILE STANDINB BESIDE THE R/B IN ABOUT 2" OF WATER. HE HAD HIS LEFT HAND ON AN INSTALLED ROOF BOLT, BUT WAS NOT TOUCHING THE ROOF BOLT MACHINE NOR THE ROOF BOLTER CABLE. HE COMPLAINED OF CHEST PAIN, WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL. HE COULD NOT SEE A SPECIALIST UNTIL 7-18 & AT THAT TIME HE WAS RELEASED TO WORK.

1999 · 2 incidents

October 21, 1999 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler OTHER
Independence Coal Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE MOVING A PIECE OF STACKER FROM ONE MINE TOANOTHER, A LOW HANGING PHONE CABLE HAD TO BE MOVED. THE EMPLOYEE CLIMBED ONTO THE TRUCK BED TO LIFT THE CABLE OUT OF THE WAY AND TWISTED HIS LEF T KNEE.

September 13, 1999 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Independence Coal Company LLC · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS STRIKING THE SIDE OF A DISCHARGE CHUTE WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER TO FREE MATERIAL THATBECAME LODGED IN THE CHUTE. WHILE SWINGING THE HAMMER, HIS LEFT HAND STRUCK A BRACKET THAT WAS ON THE SIDE OF THE CHUTE, LACERATING THE HAND.

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The full compliance file on Tunnel Mine

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.