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: 203 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Bold Camp Strip has $55 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.
$55
proposed penalties
$55
current assessed
$55
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-06-27.
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 Bold Camp Strip shows 100% of 18 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: 2001-01-23, 25 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
18
samples
0.67
dust max (mg/m3)
13 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 5 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
BULLDOZER OPERATOR7
HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER3
HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR3
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.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
Bold Camp Strip recorded 8.52 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.
8.52
total case rate
8.52
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 *
8.52
8.52
0.000
2000
1.37
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
0
2001
16
27,739
2000
57
549,529
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Bold Camp Strip sits in Wise County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.9% 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.
Wise County, Virginia · Population 35,727
5.9%
Mining share of county employment
$50,740
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 Q3
0
0
0
2002 Q2
0
0
0
2002 Q1
0
0
0
2001 Q4
0
0
0
2001 Q3
0
0
0
2001 Q2
3,931
1
0
254.4
2001 Q1
19,556
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
23,693
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2000 Q3
43,411
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
42,663
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
35,966
0
0
0.0
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
March 29, 1999VA · Coalwater truck operatorFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
EE WAS OPERATING THE 800 MACK WATER TRUCK COMMING DOWN THE LANE HOLLOW HAUL ROAD. JUST ABOVE POND 002 THE WATER TRUCK RAN THRU THE ROAD BERM, TURNING OVER THE EMBANKMENT. THE EE WAS THROWN FRO M THE TRUCK. THIS RESULTED IN HIS DEATH.
Reportable incidents
11 on file (excluding fatalities above)
2001 · 1 incident
May 17, 2001VA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE HIT HIS KNEE ON THE RIPPER OF D-21 DOZER. HE CONTINUED TO WORK W/O COMPLICATION. ON 5-21 HE REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO HIS FOREMAN. ON 5-22 THE EE WENT TO HOSPITAL FOR XRAYS. DR. SAID XRAYS G OOD, NEED TO STAY OFF KNEE AND ALLOW THE SWELLING TO GO DOWN.
2000 · 1 incident
March 9, 2000VA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING TEETH ON A LOADER BUCKET. ANOTHR EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING THE RETAINING PIN WHILE EE HELD THE TOOTH IN PLACE. THE PIN SHOT ALL THE WAY THRU STRIRING THE EMPLOYEE ABOVE THE LEFT EYE. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED SIX STITCHES TO CLOSE THE CUT.
1998 · 4 incidents
December 1, 1998VA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS DUMPING LOAD AND HAULER STARTED TO REAR UP. HE ATTEMPTED TO LET THE BED BACK DOWN AND IT OVER BALANCED AND FLIPPED TO ITS RIGHT SIDE. THE EE WAS THROWN AGAINST THE OFF SIDE DOOR BREAKIN G HIS RIGHT ARM. THE EE WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT.
October 28, 1998VA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS USING A SLATE BAR TO HELP INSTALL TRACK ON D11N CAT DOZER. THE BAR SLIPPED AND CUT HIS RIGHT HAND IN THE PALM AREA. THE CUT REQUIRED 7 STITCHES HE HAS LOST NO TIME OVER THIS ACCIDENT.
EE WAS REMOVING COUNTERWEIGHT FROM D11R TRACTOR USING SIX-FOOT BAR TO TAP PIN OUT OF BORE WHEN PIN CAME OUT OF BORE, COUNTERWEIGHT SHIFTED CAUSING BAR TO "KICK-BACK" AND STRIKE EE IN RIGHT SID E OF FACE.
September 9, 1996VA · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
HE INUURED HIS NECK WHILE OPERATING A BULLDOZER. HE HAD PREVIOUSLY INFORMED ALL MGMT. PERSONNEL THAT THIS ALLEGED INJURY WAS NOT JOB RELATED. EE HAD SURGERY ON HIS NECK AND HAS NOT RETURNED BA CK TO WORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING THE MECHANIC INSTALL A HEAD MOTOR ON HIS DRILL. THE MECHANIC WAS USING AN AIR WRENCH AND SOME DIRT WENT INTO EMPLOYEE'S EYE. HE WAS STTANDING 10 TO 12 FEET FROM WHERE THE MECHANIC WAS WORKING.