Black Bear #2 Surface has $213 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
4
Years on record
1999–2001
Latest incident
Oct 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
2
citations
1
significant & substantial
$213
proposed penalties
$213
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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: 185 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Black Bear #2 Surface has $213 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$213
proposed penalties
$213
current assessed
$213
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-04-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Black Bear #2 Surface shows 100% of 8 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2000-06-26, 26 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
8
samples
0.43
dust max (mg/m3)
8 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
BULLDOZER OPERATOR2
HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER2
HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR2
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Black Bear #2 Surface recorded 9.76 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2001.
Injury rate, 2001
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
9.76
total case rate
9.76
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 6.94 and the all-US-mining average was 5.26 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, coal mining averaged 8.22 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2001 *
9.76
9.76
0.000
2000
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2002
1
2001
9
44,321
2000
54
460,924
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Black Bear #2 Surface sits in Dickenson County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 9.8% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Dickenson County, Virginia · Population 13,920
9.8%
Mining share of county employment
$43,831
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2002 Q4
0
0
0
2002 Q3
136
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
620
1
1
1612.9
2002 Q1
0
0
0
2001 Q4
2,682
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
1,661
1
0
602.0
2001 Q2
989
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
15,151
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2000 Q4
30,744
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
31,857
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
31,566
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
32,530
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
2001 · 2 incidents
October 31, 2001VA · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
ON 11/03/01 EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE WAS HAVINGPAIN IN HIP AND L.POB WANTING TO SEE A DR.DENIEDWORK INJURY ONE SUPERVISOR DOCUMENTED EMPLOYER ILLNESS. EMPLOYEE REPEATEDLY DENIED WORK RELATED INJURY TO OTHER MINE MANAGEMENT. ON 11/15/01 CALLED MINE SUPERINTENDENT TO ? EXPENSES IN ON WORKMANS COMP. INVESTIGATION DID NOT REVEAL WORKRELATED INJURY.
April 6, 2001VA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE CLIMBED ON REAR BUMPER WITH ONE FOOT ON THE BOTTOM STEP AND THE OTHER FOOT ON THE BUMPER. HE REACHED INTO THE BED OF THE TRUCK TO GET COVERALLS WHEN HIS FOOT ON THE BOTTOM STEP SLIPPE D CAUSING HIS RIB CAGE TO HIT THE TAILGATE.
INJURED WAS GETTING OFF THE DRILL TO MEASURE HISDRILL HOLES OFF. HE STATED HE HAD BOTH FEET ON THE GROUND, STARTED TO TURN AROUND AND TAKE HIS FIRST STEP WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK TWISTING HIS KNEE, CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON HIS RIGHT HIP.
August 24, 1999VA · Coalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerPOWERED HAULAGE
INJ WAS HAULING HIS 2ND LOAD OF COAL FROM THE UPPER BANNER PIT DOWN TO THE LOWER BANNER SEAM LEVEL TO WHERE THE COAL CRUSHER WAS LOCATED. THE HAULER TRAVELED APPROX 200FT DOWN THE HAUL ROAD RAN UPON THE LEFT BANK & TURNED OVER ON ITS TOP INJ COULD NOT REMEMBER WHAT HAD HAPPENED OR WHATCAUSED HIM TO WRECK Y