Mining Incidents

Carrie Ridge Surface Mine Coal

Coeburn, Russell County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407100

Carrie Ridge Surface Mine 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
1
Years on record
2005
Latest incident
Jun 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
22
citations
6
significant & substantial
$1,818
proposed penalties
$1,818
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
13
inspections on record
351
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: 351 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Carrie Ridge Surface Mine 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
22 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-05-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Carrie Ridge Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.14 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 20 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)
0.43
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
20
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-05-17.
Noise
0%
over PEL
15
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-01-31.
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
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 1 0
2007 Q1 0 1 1
2006 Q4 23,788 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 42,783 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 41,820 5 1 119.6
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q1 38,838 5 0 128.7
2005 Q4 35,760 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 37,486 3 0 80.0
2005 Q2 35,096 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 26,789 3 2 112.0
2004 Q4 24,100 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 16,350 4 2 244.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2005 · 1 incident

June 19, 2005 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Paramont Coal Company Virginia LLC · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Employee was installing an equalizer bar end pin in a roller frame and was using a sledge hammer to knock the pin in place. When he hit the pin with the hammer, he felt his right wrist pop; swelling began shortly thereafter.

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The full compliance file on Carrie Ridge Surface Mine

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.