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Cabin Ridge Surface Mine Coal

Dante, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407322

Cabin Ridge Surface Mine has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
2015–2018
Latest incident
May 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
41
citations
11
significant & substantial
$11,507
proposed penalties
$11,202
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $305 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
19
inspections on record
1,172
inspection hours
3.5
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.
41 citations across 1,172 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Cabin Ridge Surface Mine has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
39 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-07-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at Cabin Ridge Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.12 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 142 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.
0.12
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.68
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
142
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-01-03.
Silica (quartz)
10.0
silica avg (%)
22.3
silica max (%)
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-07-18.
Noise
0%
over PEL
37
samples
Most recent sample: 2017-12-28.
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
2019 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,986 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,351 1 0 298.4
2018 Q2 18,387 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 28,570 4 2 140.0
2017 Q4 27,870 4 0 143.5
2017 Q3 29,544 4 2 135.4
2017 Q2 31,166 1 0 32.1
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1 38,851 2 0 51.5
2016 Q4 31,889 2 1 62.7
2016 Q3 38,475 6 0 155.9
2016 Q2 35,197 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 35,880 4 0 111.5
2015 Q4 31,236 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 28,732 5 2 174.0
2015 Q2 29,641 2 0 67.5
2015 Q1 16,436 6 4 365.1
2014 Q4 5,882 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

2018 · 3 incidents

May 21, 2018 VA · Coal drill operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Paramont Contura, LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Received a CWP diagnosis on 5/21/2018 for EE. EE last worked on 2/21/2017.

March 9, 2018 VA · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Paramont Contura, LLC · Struck by flying object

Employee was assisting in maintenance when EE was struck by a small piece of metal that was cast from a hammer strike by another employee. Employee was approx. 20' away from where the other employee was using the hammer. The small piece of metal was removed and the employee received two stitches.

February 23, 2018 VA · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Paramont Contura, LLC · Fall from machine

EE was coming down in bucket to get equipment, leveling cable broke and bucket went forward and dumped EE out. EE has 4 broken ribs, broke collarbone, broke EE's glasses and laceration near right eye.

2016 · 4 incidents

September 1, 2016 VA · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Paramont Contura, LLC · Struck by flying object

An employee was striking a chisel with a 3 pound hammer to spread top of roller stand open after taking bolts out. Injured was standing about 10' away from stand when a piece broke off the stand hitting injured on left arm resulting in a puncture hole in arm requiring stitches. Injured was supervising the work being done.

May 19, 2016 VA · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Received a CWP diagnosis for employee.

March 2, 2016 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a 1" air impact wrench to remove bolts from a cutting edge lip protector on a 993K CAT loader. EE was removing a bolt and it began to rotate. EE pushed up on the bolt and bumped the rotation of the air impact hoping the bolt would lock back into position but instead the bolt spun causing a laceration to EE's left index finger. This resulted in 17 stitches.

February 10, 2016 VA · Coal car trimmer, car loader, bin puller, truck loader DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Received a CWP claim for employee.

2015 · 5 incidents

December 3, 2015 VA · Coal drill operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Received a CWP diagnosis for employee from Worker's Comp. He was termed on 9/25/2015.

November 23, 2015 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating CAT 785C when he went through a swag in the haul road causing his body to move side to side resulting in pain in his lower back.

October 8, 2015 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Received a CWP diagnosis for employee. No % disability at this time.

August 13, 2015 VA · Coal outside foreman, leadman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Received a hearing loss diagnosis for employee. He last worked on 6/25/15. No % disability at this time.

June 24, 2015 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Received a CWP claim for EE. No % disability at this time.

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