Airway Resources Llc · Fall from machine
AUGER HELPER WAS GREASING HEADS ON AUGER ANOTHER OPERATOR CRACKED MACHINE HELPER WAS STANDING ON PAN CONVEYOR WHEN IT CHANGED CAUSING HELPER TO FALL AND SPRAIN ANKLE.
Bearpen Surface Mine Coal
Airway Resources Llc
· Surface
Controlled by
Robert H Burton; Christopher L Fraley
Appalachia,
Wise County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406997
Bearpen Surface Mine has $287 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
- Jan 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
4
citations
1
significant & substantial
$287
proposed penalties
$287
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
9
inspections on record
110
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: 110 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Bearpen Surface Mine has $287 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.$287
proposed penalties
$287
current assessed
$287
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-02-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Bearpen Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.10 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 4 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.0.10
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.13
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-11-21.
Noise
50%
over PEL
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-02-06.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 Q1 | 2,621 | 2 | 1 | 763.1 |
| 2000 Q4 | 3,263 | 1 | 0 | 306.5 |
| 2000 Q3 | 1,112 | 1 | 0 | 899.3 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2001 · 1 incident
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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.