Mining Incidents

CARICO RIDGE MINE Coal

Controlled by Alex A Housley
Nora, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 1519186

CARICO RIDGE MINE has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $572 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
2010
Latest incident
Jan 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
16
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,960
proposed penalties
$1,388
paid to date
71% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $572 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
20
inspections on record
394
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: 394 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CARICO RIDGE MINE has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $572 outstanding across 1 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
$1K
paid to date
$572
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-01-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at CARICO RIDGE MINE shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.14 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 24 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.
0.14
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.56
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
24
samples
Most recent sample: 2023-01-23.
Noise
0%
over PEL
24
samples
Most recent sample: 2023-01-23.
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
2022 Q4 115 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 1,127 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,742 3 1 1722.2
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q4 449 1 0 2227.2
2016 Q4 0 0 0
Show 18 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q4 820 1 0 1219.5
2015 Q3 880 1 0 1136.4
2015 Q2 150 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 709 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 899 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,277 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 747 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 415 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 393 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,130 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 700 1 0 1428.6
2010 Q1 519 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 624 2 0 3205.1
2009 Q3 196 2 0 10204.1
2009 Q2 406 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 817 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 855 1 0 1169.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2010 · 1 incident

January 13, 2010 VA · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Hill Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was changing grease barrel-120lb. can on auger. EE lifted grease pump out of empty barrel and felt something pull in his back. This EE has a history of back problems pre-employment. He has had back surgery and should not of been lifting anything that heavy.

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