Mining Incidents

Shortridge Branch Surface Mine Coal

Controlled by Steven R Mullins
Vansant, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406845

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2002
Latest incident
Oct 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
10
citations
2
significant & substantial
$631
proposed penalties
$565
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q1 2,354 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 12,708 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 13,087 1 0 76.4
2003 Q2 15,554 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 12,817 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 15,837 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 14,102 1 1 70.9
2002 Q2 14,213 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2002 · 2 incidents

January 23, 2002 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Steven R Mullins Excavating Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS ON HIS WAY TO WORK WHEN HIS PERSONAL VEHICLE QUIT ON THE ENTRANCE ROAD. HE PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER PARKING, EE REMOVED THE RADIATOR CAP AND HOT ANTIFREEZE BURNT HIS LEFT A RM.