Paramont Coal Company Virginia LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
Received a CWP diagnosis for employee on 6/20/2014.
Butcher Knife Surface Mine Coal
Paramont Coal Company Virginia LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Haysi,
Buchanan County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407257
Butcher Knife Surface Mine has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $200 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2014
- Latest incident
- Jun 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
28
citations
11
significant & substantial
$3,114
proposed penalties
$2,762
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $352 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
18
inspections on record
427
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: 427 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Butcher Knife Surface Mine has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $200 outstanding across 1 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.$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$200
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-11-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Butcher Knife Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.08 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 46 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.0.08
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.55
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
46
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-03-24.
Silica (quartz)
17.3
silica avg (%)
17.3
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-04-16.
Noise
0%
over PEL
23
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-04-07.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q3 | 7,561 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 8,193 | 6 | 0 | 732.3 |
| 2015 Q1 | 8,375 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 7,741 | 2 | 0 | 258.4 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Q3 | 7,043 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 6,841 | 1 | 1 | 146.2 |
| 2014 Q1 | 4,580 | 1 | 0 | 218.3 |
| 2013 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q4 | 1,092 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 1,935 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 2,788 | 8 | 6 | 2869.4 |
| 2011 Q1 | 4,020 | 5 | 3 | 1243.8 |
| 2010 Q4 | 2,405 | 2 | 0 | 831.6 |
| 2010 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2009 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2014 · 1 incident
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