Mining Incidents

#1 Strip Coal

Nora, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407012

#1 Strip has $5K 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
2001
Latest incident
Mar 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
49
citations
22
significant & substantial
$5,402
proposed penalties
$5,402
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
43
inspections on record
804
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: 804 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 Strip has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
49 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-05-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at #1 Strip shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.21 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 49 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.
0.21
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.80
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
49
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-08-05.
Silica (quartz)
5.8
silica avg (%)
10.1
silica max (%)
9
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-09-09.
Noise
0%
over PEL
27
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-06-11.
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
2015 Q1 1,148 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,560 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,460 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,840 1 0 352.1
2014 Q1 1,921 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,510 4 3 2649.0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
Show 30 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 3,325 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 6,786 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,617 1 0 216.6
2011 Q1 4,950 2 0 404.0
2010 Q4 4,538 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,225 4 2 1797.8
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 1,128 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 8,637 4 0 463.1
2004 Q2 3,494 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 6,945 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 9,618 1 0 104.0
2003 Q1 12,294 1 0 81.3
2002 Q4 9,182 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 10,233 1 1 97.7
2002 Q2 10,377 7 5 674.6
2002 Q1 10,461 1 1 95.6
2001 Q4 10,063 6 5 596.2
2001 Q3 10,362 11 4 1061.6
2001 Q2 7,645 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 8,956 3 1 335.0
2000 Q4 2,415 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2001 · 1 incident

March 19, 2001 VA · Coal truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Carbon Energy Company, Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS CHANGING A TRANSMISSION OUT ON A HAUL TRUCK AND AS HE WAS PULLING ON A WRENCH TO LOOSEN ABOLT HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS CHEST.

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The full compliance file on #1 Strip

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.