Mining Incidents

Deep Mine #34 Coal

Pound, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4407090

Deep Mine #34 has $6K 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
8
Years on record
2004–2005
Latest incident
Jan 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
50
citations
30
significant & substantial
$6,352
proposed penalties
$6,352
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
30
inspections on record
862
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: 862 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Deep Mine #34 has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
50 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-04-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Deep Mine #34 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.49 mg/m3 (97% compliant) across 75 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.
0.49
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.60
dust max (mg/m3)
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
75
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-04-15.
Silica (quartz)
7.8
silica avg (%)
11.5
silica max (%)
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-04-08.
Noise
0%
over PEL
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-11-16.
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
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 6,697 11 7 1642.5
2005 Q1 25,119 14 11 557.3
2004 Q4 33,523 12 7 358.0
2004 Q3 28,566 9 5 315.1
2004 Q2 3,982 4 0 1004.5
Show 1 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2005 · 2 incidents

January 6, 2005 VA · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC · Struck by rolling or sliding object

Employee was walking the two right crosscut when an undetected rib rolled striking his right leg and knocking him down onto his left shoulder. He received a laceration to the right leg, fractures in his right foot and fracture to his left shoulder.

2004 · 6 incidents

December 17, 2004 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was trying to remove drill steel that became fouled in hole, as he began to stand up he placed his right hand on drill head, the drill steel dislodged striking his right thumb causing a fracture and laceration.

November 23, 2004 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall occurred measuring 20'long x 11'wide x 3'high, beginning in #7 entry 20'inby spad 225 north mains. No equipment was involved, no ventilation was disturbed, no injuries and the fall will not be cleaned up.

November 11, 2004 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE was operating a scoop when one of the wheels dropped into an undetected hole, causing ee to bounce upward and hit his head on the canopy. He experienced pain in his neck and upper back but continued to work thru Jan 17, 05.

September 18, 2004 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STEPPED INTO A HOLE CAUSING A TWIST TO HIS LEFT KNEE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 10-01-04 AT WHICH TIME HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY MAKING THIS INJURY REPORTABLE.

July 20, 2004 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

As ee was installing a cable bolt he accidentally hit the control levers with a bolt causing the drill head to swing out against his left foot, causing a fracture.

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The full compliance file on Deep Mine #34

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.