Mining Incidents

#2 Washer Coal

Controlled by Charles D Mullins
Appalachia, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407095

#2 Washer has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $159 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
2004
Latest incident
Aug 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
31
citations
12
significant & substantial
$2,714
proposed penalties
$2,555
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $159 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
28
inspections on record
482
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: 482 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 Washer has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $159 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$159
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-03-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at #2 Washer shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.11 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 57 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.
0.11
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.70
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
57
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-06-16.
Silica (quartz)
6.4
silica avg (%)
6.4
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-05-05.
Noise
0%
over PEL
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2007-06-13.
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
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 1,315 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,730 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,385 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,379 1 0 295.9
2007 Q4 3,145 0 0 0.0
Show 14 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q3 3,483 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,226 6 2 1419.8
2007 Q1 3,702 3 0 810.4
2006 Q4 3,815 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,560 4 0 1123.6
2006 Q2 3,518 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,723 7 3 1880.2
2005 Q4 3,362 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,480 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,139 2 2 483.2
2005 Q1 3,579 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,396 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,839 2 1 704.5
2004 Q2 3,385 6 4 1772.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2004 · 1 incident

August 11, 2004 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Commonwealth Mining Corporation No. 2 · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS OPERATING VOLVO A25 TRUCK, GOING DOWN AN INCLINE. NO ONE KNOWS WHY, BUT EE JUMPED OUT OF TRUCK. UPON HITTING THE GROUND, EE BROKE HIS ANKLE, FRACTURED HIS HIP, AND SUSTAINED A CONCUSSION. WE ARE ASSUMING THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED, SINCE EE COULD NOT REMEMBER THE ACCIDENT.

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The full compliance file on #2 Washer

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.