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: 905 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 #38 has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
67 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-08-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Deep Mine #38 shows 98% of 101 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2004-08-09, 22 years ago
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
101
samples
2.61
dust max (mg/m3)
55 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 46 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
Deep Mine #38 recorded 19.56 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2004.
Injury rate, 2004
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
19.56
total case rate
7.82
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 5.57 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, coal mining averaged 4.96 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2004 *
19.56
7.82
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2005
0
2004
20
124,571
2003
26
186,532
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Deep Mine #38 sits in Wise County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.9% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Wise County, Virginia · Population 35,727
5.9%
Mining share of county employment
$50,740
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
A roof fall occurred measuring 18' wide x 75' long x 5-8' thick beginning 15' inby spad #411. no equipment was involved, no injury occurred, ventilation was disturbed (crushed a brattish that has been re-built), the fall will not be cleaned up.
July 22, 2004VA · Coalbull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift bossSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS HANGING CURTAIN. AS HE STEPPED DOWN FROM THE LADDER HE LOST HIS FOOTING & TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION SEVERAL DAYS LATER: NO TREATMENT PERFORMED; WAS GIVEN A FULL RETURN TO WORK SLIP. EE CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE PAIN & RETURNED TO THE DOCTOR ON 8/12/04: FLUID DRAWN & STEROIDS INJECTED, MAKING INJ. REPORTABLE. EE HAS CONTINUED TO WORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING A BIT INSERT WHEN SOMETHING FLEW UP FROM THE AREA, STRIKING HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND CAUSING THE LEFT LENS TO SHATTER. THERE WAS NO LOST TIME BUT PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION WAS USED AT THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE MAKING THIS REPORTABLE.
April 11, 2004VA · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee exited his roof bolter under supported top. A small rock fell from the top causing a small laceration to the top of his right ear which required stitches.
March 3, 2004VA · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
EE WAS INSTALLING FIRST BOLT IN THE SECOND ROW WHEN A ROCK 4' X 4' X 3" FELL FROM INBY AND CAME UNDER THE CANOPY AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT SHOULDER CAUSING BRUISE TO HIS SHOULDER. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 03/09/04. LOST TIME BEGAN 03/09/04.
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