Empire Coal
Denali Energy Group, LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Conrad Whitaker; Jonathan Whitaker
Hurley, Va,
Buchanan County,
VA
·
NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 4003274
Empire has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
22
citations
8
significant & substantial
$6,167
proposed penalties
$568
paid to date
9% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,599 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
34
inspections on record
637
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 637 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Empire has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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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
$568
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
22 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Empire shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.08 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 33 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.0.08
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.41
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
33
samples
Most recent sample: 2024-09-04.
Noise
4%
over PEL
28
samples
Most recent sample: 2024-09-04.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q4 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 400 | 2 | 1 | 5000.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q4 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 400 | 3 | 2 | 7500.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 480 | 1 | 1 | 2083.3 |
| 2022 Q4 | 1,060 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Q3 | 960 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 1,200 | 1 | 1 | 833.3 |
| 2022 Q1 | 1,200 | 2 | 1 | 1666.7 |
| 2021 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q1 | 1,200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 1,500 | 2 | 0 | 1333.3 |
| 2020 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q4 | 1,100 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 650 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 1,560 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 1,560 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 2,200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 2,548 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 1,272 | 1 | 1 | 786.2 |
| 2017 Q3 | 1,190 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 1,385 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 1,385 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 731 | 2 | 0 | 2736.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 1,774 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 1,021 | 1 | 1 | 979.4 |
| 2008 Q2 | 351 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 1,341 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 1,050 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 1,524 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 1,324 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 1,200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 1,642 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 1,532 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 1,453 | 1 | 0 | 688.2 |
| 2006 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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The full compliance file on Empire
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.