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Buckeye Br. Coal

Controlled by Metinvest B V
Big Rock, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4407038

Buckeye Br. has $2K 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
2002–2011
Latest incident
Jun 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
17
citations
5
significant & substantial
$1,762
proposed penalties
$1,762
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
38
inspections on record
297
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: 297 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Buckeye Br. has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-10-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at Buckeye Br. shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.18 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 12 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.
0.18
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.65
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
12
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-07-28.
Noise
0%
over PEL
9
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-07-28.
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
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
Show 55 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
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
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 1,175 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,377 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,577 2 0 1268.2
2012 Q3 358 2 1 5586.6
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 2,323 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,192 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 5,860 2 1 341.3
2011 Q2 2,115 5 0 2364.1
2011 Q1 194 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 6,106 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,946 2 1 336.4
2002 Q1 7,034 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,315 4 2 752.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2011 · 1 incident

June 9, 2011 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Surface Minerals Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Changing a wrench hydraulic unit out on a drill. The new unit was bolted up and when he stepped to the ground his stomach started hurting. He was diagnosed with a hernia that required surgery.

2002 · 3 incidents

July 3, 2002 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Surface Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING THE CUTTING CHAIN ON A HIGH WALL MINER HEAD AND WHEN HE HIT A PIN WITH A HAMMER A PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF OF THE HAMMER AND HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT ARM.

May 22, 2002 VA · Coal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Surface Minerals Company · Struck by falling object

I WAS WAITING FOR THE TRUCK TO GET LOADED AND WHEN IT WAS I STEPPED OUTSIDE THE DOOR TO PUSH UP THE TARP WHEN I DID THE RAIL OF THE TARP KNOCKED OFF A ROCK A LUMP OF COAL OFF THE TOP OF THE TR UCK ONTO MY HEAD.

April 3, 2002 VA · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Surface Minerals Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF METAL WITH A SET OF TORCHES AND A PIECE OF RUST POPPED AND WENT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

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