GRUNDY, Buchanan County,
VA
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406868
Conaway Creek Deep Mine has $315K in proposed MSHA penalties and $173 outstanding across 45 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
1997–2020
Latest incident
Feb 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
1,004
citations
230
significant & substantial
$315,177
proposed penalties
$283,494
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $31,683 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
159
inspections on record
10,292
inspection hours
9.8
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.
1,004 citations across 10,292 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Conaway Creek Deep Mine has $315K in proposed MSHA penalties and $173 outstanding across 45 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.
$315K
proposed penalties
$284K
current assessed
$283K
paid to date
$173
outstanding
988 assessments are final orders; 45 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-07-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Conaway Creek Deep Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.51 mg/m3 (97% compliant) across 1,673 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.
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
2020 Q2
4,609
3
0
650.9
2020 Q1
9,741
53
8
5440.9
2019 Q4
12,082
51
9
4221.2
2019 Q3
11,237
8
1
711.9
2019 Q2
11,965
16
5
1337.2
2019 Q1
11,990
12
0
1000.8
2018 Q4
13,135
16
2
1218.1
2018 Q3
11,619
12
1
1032.8
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2018 Q2
11,868
15
4
1263.9
2018 Q1
11,419
16
2
1401.2
2017 Q4
11,314
14
1
1237.4
2017 Q3
10,854
7
0
644.9
2017 Q2
11,589
5
0
431.4
2017 Q1
11,557
14
0
1211.4
2016 Q4
11,957
22
6
1839.9
2016 Q3
11,923
5
1
419.4
2016 Q2
12,234
10
2
817.4
2016 Q1
9,863
9
2
912.5
2015 Q4
11,387
17
4
1492.9
2015 Q3
12,075
7
2
579.7
2015 Q2
9,186
18
5
1959.5
2015 Q1
11,322
14
0
1236.5
2014 Q4
12,694
8
1
630.2
2014 Q3
11,764
16
4
1360.1
2014 Q2
11,694
19
2
1624.8
2014 Q1
10,529
13
2
1234.7
2013 Q4
11,109
13
2
1170.2
2013 Q3
10,182
16
7
1571.4
2013 Q2
11,255
25
6
2221.2
2013 Q1
10,832
15
6
1384.8
2012 Q4
10,086
37
10
3668.5
2012 Q3
11,264
51
16
4527.7
2012 Q2
12,256
21
5
1713.4
2012 Q1
11,157
35
14
3137.0
2011 Q4
11,082
14
0
1263.3
2011 Q3
9,917
40
7
4033.5
2011 Q2
10,603
36
9
3395.3
2011 Q1
10,480
55
13
5248.1
2010 Q4
10,758
7
3
650.7
2010 Q3
10,288
24
10
2332.8
2010 Q2
10,510
13
8
1236.9
2010 Q1
10,424
11
2
1055.3
2009 Q4
12,005
15
0
1249.5
2009 Q3
3,531
40
14
11328.2
2009 Q2
7,759
26
11
3350.9
2009 Q1
7,467
35
8
4687.3
2008 Q4
7,633
12
2
1572.1
2008 Q3
7,135
25
5
3503.9
2008 Q2
9,417
27
7
2867.2
2008 Q1
7,896
9
1
1139.8
2007 Q4
4,167
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
0
0
0
2001 Q4
0
0
0
2001 Q3
0
0
0
2001 Q2
0
1
0
2001 Q1
0
0
0
2000 Q4
0
0
0
2000 Q3
0
0
0
2000 Q2
0
0
0
2000 Q1
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
17 on file
2020 · 2 incidents
February 29, 2020VA · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)OTHER
First intersection inby intake portal fell approx. 8 ft. high, 16 ft. wide, 23 ft. long. Fall did not affect ventilation, all employees were immediately evacuated from the mine. No injuries resulted from this event.
2014 · 2 incidents
June 13, 2014VA · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
Sometime during Christmas break a rock fall occurred in the left return at just inby SS# 2577. The fall was dangered off, timbered off and the travelway was re-routed around the fall. The fall was approx. 80' long, 20' wide, and 7' high.
2008 · 2 incidents
November 25, 2008VA · Coalshuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
EE WAS SHOVELING SOME SPILLAGE ON TO BELT & SAIDHE HURT HIS BACK. HE HAD ONLY WORK 2 SHIFT AFTERCOMING BACK FROM INJURY. HE WAS BACK TO WORK WITH NO LIGHT DUTY REQURIMENTS
May 27, 1998VA · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)HANDLING OF MATERIALS
THE CYLINDER WAS BEING ALIGNED IN MRS WHEN THE CYLINDER ZSLIPPED AND I STRAIN MYSELF.
1997 · 1 incident
December 3, 1997VA · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
Misty-Bec Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING THE SR-100-LB PINNER FROM THE SURFACE TO THE FACE AREA WHEN HE MASHED HIS RIGHT FOOT BETWEEN THE DECK (OPER) AND COAL RIB. EMPLOYEE HAD HIS RIGHT FOOT HANGING OUT OF THE OPER. DECK WHILE MOVING THE PINNER.
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