Mining Incidents

#1 Coal

L J Contracting, LLC · Underground
Controlled by John E Potter
HURLEY, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407032

#1 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K 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
2002
Latest incident
Jul 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
70
citations
24
significant & substantial
$5,729
proposed penalties
$1,336
paid to date
23% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,393 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
45
inspections on record
773
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: 773 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#1 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
67 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-09-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.60 mg/m3 (90% compliant) across 84 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.
0.60
dust avg (mg/m3)
3.16
dust max (mg/m3)
90%
within 1.5 mg/m3
84
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-08-12.
Silica (quartz)
7.3
silica avg (%)
13.5
silica max (%)
8
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-07-16.
Noise
0%
over PEL
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-05-19.
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
2003 Q2 5,760 5 1 868.1
2002 Q3 11,171 3 2 268.6
2002 Q2 1,492 13 3 8713.1
2002 Q1 3,089 19 7 6150.9
2001 Q4 3,968 4 1 1008.1
2001 Q3 2,184 16 8 7326.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2002 · 1 incident

July 9, 2002 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
War Eagle Energy, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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