Mining Incidents

Wolf Den Run Mine Coal

Vindex Energy LLC · Surface
Controlled by Arch Resources Inc
Kitzmiller, Garrett County, MD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1800790

Wolf Den Run Mine has $2K 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
1
Years on record
2012
Latest incident
Dec 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
15
citations
5
significant & substantial
$2,010
proposed penalties
$2,010
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
26
inspections on record
573
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: 573 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wolf Den Run Mine has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-10-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Wolf Den Run Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.07 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 76 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.
0.07
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.44
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
76
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-06-19.
Silica (quartz)
19.9
silica avg (%)
49.6
silica max (%)
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-07-07.
Noise
0%
over PEL
42
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-06-19.
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
2019 Q1 877 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,345 1 1 426.4
2018 Q3 2,540 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,090 1 1 478.5
2018 Q1 3,534 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,776 1 0 209.4
2017 Q3 3,031 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 6,020 0 0 0.0
Show 22 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1 6,336 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 5,820 1 0 171.8
2016 Q3 6,660 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 6,778 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 7,913 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 6,249 1 0 160.0
2015 Q3 7,316 1 0 136.7
2015 Q2 7,323 1 0 136.6
2015 Q1 6,664 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,963 1 0 337.5
2014 Q3 5,460 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,489 1 0 671.6
2014 Q1 340 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 11 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 47 2 1 42553.2
2013 Q2 81 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 707 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 8,860 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 15,387 3 2 195.0
2012 Q2 19,241 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 14,286 1 0 70.0
2011 Q4 1,429 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2012 · 1 incident

December 4, 2012 MD · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vindex Energy LLC · Struck by falling object

Injured employee was assisting maintenance department replace a pin on a CAT 365 excavator bucket. As injured employee and another employee were lowering the pin onto the back bumper of the welding truck, the pin slipped smashing the right finger of the injured employee. Incident resulted in a hand laceration, fractured finger tip and dislodge fingernail.

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