Whites Branch
Coal
Gordon,
Boone County,
WV
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608827
Whites Branch has $565 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 9
- Years on record
- 2000–2001
- Latest incident
- May 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
3
significant & substantial
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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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.
Rate withheld: 504 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Whites Branch has $565 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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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.
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-05-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Whites Branch shows respirable coal dust averaging 1.12 mg/m3 (78% compliant) across 49 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.
Most recent sample: 2001-04-11.
Silica (quartz)
Most recent sample: 2001-03-29.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
| 2001 Q2 |
12,504 |
2 |
1 |
159.9 |
| 2001 Q1 |
33,731 |
3 |
0 |
88.9 |
| 2000 Q4 |
25,198 |
2 |
2 |
79.4 |
| 2000 Q3 |
6,898 |
1 |
0 |
145.0 |
| 2000 Q2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
April 12, 2001
WV · Coal
continuous miner operator, coal mole operator
Fatality · MACHINERY
Pine Ridge Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
A MACHINERY ACCIDENT OCCURRED RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES TO CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED CRUSHING INJURIES TO HIS UPPER BODY WHEN HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CONTINUOUS MINE R BOOM AND COAL RIB.
Reportable incidents
8 on file (excluding fatalities above)
2001 · 6 incidents
May 2, 2001
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pine Ridge Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE STATED THAT HE HAD BENT OVER TO PICK UP A COAL HAULER JUMPER CABLE WHEN HE FELT PAIN TO THE CENTER OF HIS BACK. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE FELT SOME DISCOMFORT INT HE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK.
Pine Ridge Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries
UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL SIZE 90' BY 19' BY 11'. TYPE OF SUPPORTS: 5' TENSION REBAR. FALL ABOVE THE ANCHORAGE POINT.
Pine Ridge Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries
UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL. FALL SIZE 56' BY 19' BY 6-7' TYPE OF SUPPORT: 5' MECHANICALLY ANCHORED RESIN ASSISTED. DEVELOPMENT DATE 4-25-01 FALL AT OR ABOVE ANCHORAGE POINT.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS BUILDING A STOPPING BETWEEN NO. 1 & 2 ENTRIES WHEN ONE OF THE LEGS OF THE LADDER HE WAS STANDING ON BROKE, CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE MINE FLOOR. HE STATED THAT HE WAS RF EELING PAIN TO THE LOWER REGION OF HIS BACK.
Pine Ridge Coal Company · Struck by falling object
EE STATED THAT HE WAS INT HE PROCESS OF INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS IN THE FACE OF #7 ENTRY. HE STATED THAT HE HAD REACHED FOR A HALF-HEADER TO INSTALL ON THE CURTAIN SIDE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK MEASU RING 3'X1 1/2'X1" TO 4" THICK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLT PATTERN STRIKING HIS RIGHT HAND WHICH WAS RESTING ON THE ROOF BOLT STORAGE TRAY.
January 11, 2001
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
Pine Ridge Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)
BASED UPON THE MEDICAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM HOSPITAL, THE EE HAS DEGENERATIVE CHANGES TO THE LEFT SHOULDER AND RIGHT KNEE.
2000 · 2 incidents
December 16, 2000
WV · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
POWERED HAULAGE
Pine Ridge Coal Company · Struck against a moving object
EE WAS TRAMMING A COAL HAULER FROM MINER IN #3 ENTRY WHEN HE HIT A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CANOPY OF THE COAL HAULER. HE STATED THAT HE HAD A STIFF NECK FROM STRIKING THE CANOPY.
November 9, 2000
WV · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Pine Ridge Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STATED HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT WRIST WHEN INSERTING THE MALE PLUG FROM THE CHARGER CABLE INTO THE FEMALE PLUG OF THE BATTERY CABLE TOCHARGE BATTERIES. AFTER AN EXAMINATION UPON THE DOCTOR'S VISIT, THE CLINICAL IMPRESSION REVEALS TENDONITIS OF THE RIGHT WRIST.
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