Mining Incidents

Upper Cedar Grove HWM Job Coal

Controlled by Daniel W Bunn
Wharncliffe, Mingo County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609063

Upper Cedar Grove HWM Job has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2005–2022
Latest incident
Feb 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
39
citations
16
significant & substantial
$19,742
proposed penalties
$19,742
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
8
inspections on record
271
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: 271 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Upper Cedar Grove HWM Job has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
39 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-12-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Upper Cedar Grove HWM Job shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.12 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 25 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.
0.12
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.72
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
25
samples
Most recent sample: 2022-10-13.
Silica (quartz)
2.3
silica avg (%)
3.1
silica max (%)
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2022-05-17.
Noise
0%
over PEL
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2022-02-16.
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
2022 Q4 2,918 1 0 342.7
2022 Q3 9,155 9 6 983.1
2022 Q2 13,860 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 9,366 24 8 2562.5
2021 Q4 14,400 3 1 208.3
2021 Q2 1,268 2 1 1577.3
2021 Q1 681 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,132 0 0 0.0
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q2 6,431 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,726 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,214 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2022 · 1 incident

February 17, 2022 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
JMAC Leasing, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee backed 777 rock truck into loader. Employee worked the rest of the ten hour shift, and did not tell anyone, on the job, that was hurting. Employee stated went to the doctor the next day 02/18 for neck and back pain. Employee called into office today 02/21 and reported the injuries.

2005 · 1 incident

January 17, 2005 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Appalachian Fuels, LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE called on 1/19/05 & said he had hurt his back on 01/17/05 while operating a dozer.He states that when he backed over a rock, it caused him to be jerked around in the seat and strained his back.We have not been able to contact him since to get further information on his condition.Noone is sure of his length of experience in mining, so I have entered 0's for now.

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