#2 Coal
Ambrose Branch Coal Company, Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Paul R Ison; Jessica B Ison
Wise,
Wise County,
VA
·
Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4407284
#2 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
24
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,676
proposed penalties
$1,251
paid to date
47% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,425 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
31
inspections on record
533
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 533 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
#2 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
20 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-09-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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MSHA sampling at #2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.15 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 55 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.0.15
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.89
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
55
samples
Most recent sample: 2023-06-15.
Silica (quartz)
6.2
silica avg (%)
9.5
silica max (%)
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2023-06-26.
Noise
0%
over PEL
19
samples
Most recent sample: 2023-06-15.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q2 | 2,521 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q2 | 6,642 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 13,082 | 2 | 0 | 152.9 |
| 2018 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q1 | 184 | 3 | 0 | 16304.3 |
| 2017 Q4 | 3,405 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 3,420 | 3 | 2 | 877.2 |
| 2017 Q2 | 3,612 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 3,640 | 2 | 0 | 549.5 |
| 2016 Q4 | 4,024 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 3,504 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 3,420 | 2 | 1 | 584.8 |
| 2016 Q1 | 2,980 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 2,054 | 2 | 0 | 973.7 |
| 2014 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q2 | 9,989 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 9,989 | 1 | 0 | 100.1 |
| 2013 Q4 | 280 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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The full compliance file on #2
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.