BECKLEY POCAHONTAS MINE safety activity
MSHA violations, accident reports and inspections.
Safety activity
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 7.0 on-site hours reported
Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.
30 CFR 75.503 · $432.00 proposed penalty
Methane monitors.
30 CFR 75.342(a)(4) · $165.00 proposed penalty
Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.
30 CFR 75.517 · $549.00 proposed penalty
Permanent splicing of trailing cables.
30 CFR 75.604(b) · $193.00 proposed penalty
Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.
30 CFR 75.512 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Accumulation of combustible materials.
30 CFR 75.400 · $288.00 proposed penalty
Drill dust control at underground areas of underground mines.
30 CFR 72.630(b) · $226.00 proposed penalty
Roof control plan.
30 CFR 75.220(a)(1) · $313.00 proposed penalty
Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.
30 CFR 75.517 · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $2,712.00 proposed penalty
Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.
30 CFR 75.512 · $432.00 proposed penalty
Drill dust control at underground areas of underground mines.
30 CFR 72.630(b) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $5,574.00 proposed penalty
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 6.0 on-site hours reported
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 7.5 on-site hours reported
Sampling; general and technical requirements.
30 CFR 70.201(c) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $1,679.00 proposed penalty
Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.
30 CFR 75.202(a) · $1,126.00 proposed penalty
Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.
30 CFR 75.517 · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $2,133.00 proposed penalty
Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.
30 CFR 75.503 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Accumulation of combustible materials.
30 CFR 75.400 · $697.00 proposed penalty
Handtools (nonpowered)
Days away from work only
Accident narrative
Sitting in the maintenance office and cleaning EE's ear with a pocket screwdriver. The chair had wheels and EE went to lean back and felt like EE started to fall; EE's reaction to balance self caused EE to poke self in the eye with the screwdriver.
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 6.5 on-site hours reported
Roof control plan.
30 CFR 75.220(a)(1) · $1,320.00 proposed penalty
Permanent splicing of trailing cables.
30 CFR 75.604(b) · $398.00 proposed penalty
Roof control plan.
30 CFR 75.220(a)(1) · $165.00 proposed penalty
Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.
30 CFR 75.1100-2(f) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date) and Inspections (begin date).
Violation titles use current CFR headings to identify the cited rule; they are not the inspector’s account of what happened.
Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.
Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.
S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.
Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.
Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.