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#2 Coal

GRUNDY, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4407179

#2 has $485K in proposed MSHA penalties and $351K outstanding across 31 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2007–2010
Latest incident
Oct 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
556
citations
142
significant & substantial
$484,874
proposed penalties
$123,698
paid to date
26% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $361,176 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
62
inspections on record
3,000
inspection hours
18.5
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.
556 citations across 3,000 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#2 has $485K in proposed MSHA penalties and $351K outstanding across 31 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.
$485K
proposed penalties
$475K
current assessed
$124K
paid to date
$351K
outstanding
543 assessments are final orders; 31 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-11-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at #2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.43 mg/m3 (98% compliant) across 267 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.
0.43
dust avg (mg/m3)
13.45
dust max (mg/m3)
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
267
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-10-14.
Silica (quartz)
5.4
silica avg (%)
8.2
silica max (%)
7
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-03-05.
Noise
3%
over PEL
34
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-10-08.
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
2010 Q4 4,284 20 5 4668.5
2010 Q3 8,631 41 23 4750.3
2010 Q2 8,886 18 8 2025.7
2010 Q1 6,392 50 11 7822.3
2009 Q4 7,228 45 9 6225.8
2009 Q3 6,823 81 10 11871.6
2009 Q2 9,660 68 13 7039.3
2009 Q1 8,417 24 2 2851.4
Show 9 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q4 7,161 15 3 2094.7
2008 Q3 7,185 16 3 2226.9
2008 Q2 8,843 18 5 2035.5
2008 Q1 7,754 31 8 3997.9
2007 Q4 7,928 48 19 6054.5
2007 Q3 5,847 25 6 4275.7
2007 Q2 1,554 32 10 20592.0
2007 Q1 4,213 17 5 4035.1
2006 Q3 308 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2010 · 6 incidents

June 30, 2010 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tech Leasing & Rebuild, LLC · Struck by falling object

Jack set to change tire mantrip fell on victim's hand. Victim changing tire on mantrip and let the jack down with his hand under the ride.

June 4, 2010 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Tech Leasing & Rebuild, LLC · Struck against stationary object

The employee was driving permissible man trip - hit an idle tail piece and lost control and was thrown from man trip.

2009 · 1 incident

2008 · 2 incidents

June 21, 2008 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Tech Leasing & Rebuild, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Injury of victim's finger due to placing hand on top of drill head of bolter.

2007 · 2 incidents

May 4, 2007 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tech Leasing & Rebuild, LLC · Fall onto or against objects

EE a general laborer was helping move a mining machine when the cable that was hanging from the top fell on his back & neck knocking him against the rib.

April 16, 2007 VA · Coal INUNDATION
Tech Leasing & Rebuild, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Heavy rain flooded section of mine covering bolter and shuttle car with water. No reportable injuries.

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