On 7/9/2018 employee was pulling on a suction hose and hose was caught on something in the water resulting in a low back strain. First day missed was 7/16/2018.
West 61 Coal
West 61 has $192K in proposed MSHA penalties and $400 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 12
- Years on record
- 2010–2018
- Latest incident
- Jul 2018
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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.West 61 has $192K in proposed MSHA penalties and $400 outstanding across 3 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.MSHA sampling at West 61 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.19 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 157 samples.
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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.ⓘ
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Q3 | 19,085 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 20,621 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 20,993 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 21,215 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 14,075 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 11,308 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 12,417 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 10,204 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Q3 | 11,874 | 1 | 0 | 84.2 |
| 2016 Q2 | 11,878 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 16,953 | 2 | 0 | 118.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 29,760 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 47,675 | 1 | 0 | 21.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 57,645 | 36 | 10 | 624.5 |
| 2015 Q1 | 60,361 | 7 | 3 | 116.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 78,538 | 9 | 3 | 114.6 |
| 2014 Q3 | 65,012 | 19 | 4 | 292.3 |
| 2014 Q2 | 78,625 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 66,609 | 7 | 0 | 105.1 |
| 2013 Q4 | 75,845 | 6 | 4 | 79.1 |
| 2013 Q3 | 64,830 | 27 | 4 | 416.5 |
| 2013 Q2 | 74,496 | 10 | 4 | 134.2 |
| 2013 Q1 | 61,954 | 5 | 2 | 80.7 |
| 2012 Q4 | 72,363 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 59,948 | 29 | 3 | 483.8 |
| 2012 Q2 | 52,536 | 1 | 0 | 19.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 48,929 | 13 | 2 | 265.7 |
| 2011 Q4 | 55,888 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 46,461 | 3 | 1 | 64.6 |
| 2011 Q2 | 46,903 | 7 | 1 | 149.2 |
| 2011 Q1 | 47,700 | 11 | 3 | 230.6 |
| 2010 Q4 | 48,094 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 42,088 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 47,663 | 7 | 1 | 146.9 |
| 2010 Q1 | 40,071 | 11 | 0 | 274.5 |
| 2009 Q4 | 39,201 | 8 | 3 | 204.1 |
| 2009 Q3 | 35,182 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 24,004 | 4 | 1 | 166.6 |
| 2009 Q1 | 21,994 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 7,876 | 5 | 0 | 634.8 |
Reportable incidents
12 on file2018 · 2 incidents
Employee strained shoulder while tightening hose on brake valve.
2015 · 2 incidents
Miner was exiting dozer using three points of contact. When stepping onto track, his knee "popped" causing knee injury.
Employee was removing a section of piping on a chemical delivery system to repair a leak. As employee made an incision into the pipe, material sprayed from the piping onto the employee's face, neck and right shoulder. The piping was not relieved of pressure or drained prior to cutting
2014 · 3 incidents
Miner was inspecting beltline when coal build up was noticed on a roller. Using a wrench to free the roller from debris his glove and finger were caught into roller and belt.
While performing maintenance on truck, the truck fell from hydraulic jack onto the miner.
While mounting a dozer the miner's knee collapsed.
2013 · 1 incident
While lifting track frame with overhead crane, the miner's finger was pinched by a roller on the track frame.
2012 · 2 incidents
While driving a pin into equalizer bar with a hammer, a fragment of pin entered into right leg of miner.
The miner raised the bed of the truck he was operating under high voltage electric line creating an electrical arc from the line to the truck. The operator dismounted truck, while on the ground two right rear tires blew out send a projectile into right leg.
2010 · 2 incidents
EE was striking track roller on D-11 dozer with a hammer when a fragment of steel splintered off and lodged in his left arm.
Victim reached to remove gloves from heater when his hand came in contact with fan blades resulting in laceration of right ring finger.
The full compliance file on West 61
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.