Mining Incidents

Appalachia Remining #4 Coal

Controlled by David K Swindell
Appalachia, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407195

Appalachia Remining #4 has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2007
25
citations
7
significant & substantial
$12,934
proposed penalties
$5,244
paid to date
41% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,690 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
19
inspections on record
293
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: 293 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Appalachia Remining #4 has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-06-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Appalachia Remining #4 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.09 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 15 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.
0.09
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.33
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
15
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-03-25.
Noise
0%
over PEL
8
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-06-29.
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
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
Show 35 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 1,660 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,410 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,025 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,140 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,920 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,920 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,120 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,328 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,160 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,100 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,800 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,440 1 0 694.4
2011 Q1 626 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 520 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 260 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,280 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 680 7 3 10294.1
2008 Q4 700 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 460 2 1 4347.8
2008 Q1 2,392 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,114 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,810 3 1 1657.5
2007 Q2 1,260 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 470 4 1 8510.6

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 Appalachia Remining #4

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.