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Winifrede 15 Mine: 6 MSHA citations Coal

Mystic Energy Inc · Underground
Controlled by Chris Cline
Wharton, Boone County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608688

Winifrede 15 Mine has $837 in proposed MSHA penalties and $672 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1998–1999
Latest incident
Oct 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
6
citations
0
significant & substantial
$837
proposed penalties
$165
paid to date
20% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $672 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Mystic Energy Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
3
inspections on record
43
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: 43 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Winifrede 15 Mine has $837 in proposed MSHA penalties and $672 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.
$837
proposed penalties
$837
current assessed
$165
paid to date
$672
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-01-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
16.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 50.0% low, 50.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Winifrede 15 Mine shows 100% of 5 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.

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.

Last sampled: 2000-01-21, 26 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
5
samples
1.46
dust max (mg/m3)
0 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 5 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR5
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Winifrede 15 Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.

Injury rate, 2000
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US coal mining average was 7.74 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 8.87 cases per 100 workers that year.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Mystic Energy Inc 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
2000 41 523,294
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Winifrede 15 Mine sits in Boone County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 10.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Boone County, West Virginia · Population 21,312
10.1%
Mining share of county employment
$56,152
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2000 Q4 28,642 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 26,280 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 31,969 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 24,501 3 0 122.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

1999 · 7 incidents

October 19, 1999 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mystic Energy Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WHILE PULLING ROCK OFF THE MINER, EE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

September 24, 1999 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mystic Energy Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING UP STRUCTURE ON BELT MOVE, EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN GROIN ON LEFT SIDE. EMPLOYEE FIRST MISSED WORK ON 3-3-2000.

August 13, 1999 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mystic Energy Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HANGING A SMALL CABLE APPROX 3/4" DIAMETER ABOUT 30 MIN LATER, HE STARTED HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK EE DOES NOT THINK THAT HANGING THE CABLE CAUSED INJURY, BUT CAUSE IS UNKNOWN.

August 7, 1999 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Mystic Energy Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING A MRS OFF THE GOB WITH ANOTHER MRS. WHILE WALKING ALONG THE SIDE OF THE MRSEMPLOYEE HIT HIS HEAD ON CANOPY CAUSING A CUT AND CONTUSION.

July 15, 1999 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Mystic Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RIPPER HEAD CAME INTO CONTACT WITH M.R.S. CABLE AND PULLED IT DOWN AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK OF THE NECK. MINE MANAGEMENT WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THIS ACCIDENT AS BEING LOST TIME UNTIL 07/ 26/99.

April 18, 1999 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mystic Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS HELPING PUT BROKEN BELT TOGETHER WHEN CHAIN BROKE AND BAR STRUCK EE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEAD.

April 5, 1999 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Mystic Energy Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS TO HAVE INJURED HIMSELF WHILE OPERATING A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE. HE CAME BACK TO WORK AFTER GOING TO THE DOCTOR THE NEXT DAY. HE WORKED 7 DAYS, THEN WAS INVOLVED IN A LAY OFF. M INE MANAGEMENT WAS NOT AWARE OF ACCIDENT.

1998 · 4 incidents

November 16, 1998 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mystic Energy Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

THE EE STATED THAT HE PCKED UP A 60 LB. TRACK RAIL FROM COAL RIB AND THREW IT OUT INTO MINE ENTRY WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN GROIN AREA. NOTE: EE DID NOT REPORT UNTIL 12-1-98 TO MANAGEMENT.

November 3, 1998 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Mystic Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BELT HAD RAN OUT OF STRUCTURE & THEY WER GOOSING THE BELT TRYING TO FEED IT BACK ONTO STRUCTURE. EE WAS STANDING BY THE BELT & WAS CAUGHT BY THE BELT.

September 19, 1998 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Mystic Energy Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EE WAS BOLTING TOP IN THE FACE WHEN A RIB ROLL OCCURRED STRIKING EE IN HIS RIGHT ANKLE. MATERIAL THAT STRUCK HIS ANKLE MEASURED 6"X6"X6"

August 20, 1998 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss ELECTRICAL
Mystic Energy Inc · Flash burns (electric)

HE BURNED HIS HAND WHILE PUSHING A CAT HEAD AT THE SECTION POWER CENTER.