{"id":6723,"date":"2024-02-07T15:18:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T15:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/?p=6723"},"modified":"2024-04-01T16:13:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T16:13:21","slug":"msha-identifies-west-virginia-mine-as-chronic-violator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/07\/msha-identifies-west-virginia-mine-as-chronic-violator\/","title":{"rendered":"MSHA identifies West Virginia mine as chronic violator"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As a result of its second 2023 pattern of violations (POV) screening, the Mine Safety and Health Administration has identified Mine No. 39 in McDowell County, W.Va., as a chronic violator. The underground mine is operated by Twin State Mining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MSHA said that the mine met the initial POV criteria for the existence of a pattern of violations under section 104(e) of the Mine Act. During a 12-month review period \u2013 from Nov. 1, 2022, through Oct. 31, 2023 \u2013 the agency cited 87 significant and substantial violations. The S&S rate per 100 inspection hours at the mine was a staggering 9.11, while the national average rate for underground coal mines was 2.90.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the mine met the initial screening criteria, MSHA issued Twin State Mining a postponement notice as the Mine No. 39 met mitigating circumstances. However, the agency can rescind the postponement and issue a POV notice if it determines one is needed to protect the safety and health of the employees at the underground operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was the first time that MSHA has conducted more than one POV screening in a single calendar year. \u201cFollowing a year when the mining industry experienced a troubling increase in fatalities, MSHA continues to use all measures available to prevent fatal and serious accidents and hold low-road operators accountable,\u201d said Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health Chris Williamson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: <\/em>Department of Labor<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a result of its second 2023 pattern of violations (POV) screening, the Mine Safety and Health Administration has identified Mine No. 39 in McDowell County, W.Va., as a chronic violator. The underground mine is operated by Twin State Mining. MSHA said that the mine met the initial POV criteria for the existence of a pattern of violations under section…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[495,7],"tags":[158,684,523,782],"coauthors":[1644],"class_list":["post-6723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news","category-msha-update","tag-msha","tag-pattern-of-violations","tag-underground-mine","tag-underground-operation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t