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: 462 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Esserville Shop 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
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-08-08.
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 Esserville Shop shows 98% of 43 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: 2006-08-08, 20 years ago
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
43
samples
1.80
dust max (mg/m3)
43 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
MECHANIC18
WELDER (SHOP)7
MECHANIC HELPER6
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.
Esserville Shop recorded 3.41 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.
Injury rate, 2006
ⓘ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.
3.41
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 4.87 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, coal mining averaged 4.44 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
2006 *
3.41
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
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
Year
Employees
2006
24
2005
21
2004
21
2003
20
2002
5
2001
6
2000
8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Esserville Shop 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
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2006 Q4
13,089
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
15,608
6
1
384.4
2006 Q2
15,425
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
14,459
5
1
345.8
2005 Q4
11,102
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
11,829
5
1
422.7
2005 Q2
10,625
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
12,132
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2004 Q4
13,202
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
12,146
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
11,350
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
12,631
2
0
158.3
2003 Q4
8,753
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
3,235
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
3,862
2
1
517.9
2003 Q1
2,563
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
2,096
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
2,733
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
2,941
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
3,107
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
3,096
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
2,850
1
1
350.9
2001 Q2
3,004
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
3,863
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
4,185
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
4,036
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
3,895
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
5,866
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
9 on file
2006 · 1 incident
August 17, 2006VA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was filling a final drive on a 011 cat dozer with 60w oil, using a five gallon bucket, when he started feeling a soreness in his right shoulder. The pain was more severe the next morning.
2003 · 1 incident
August 25, 2003VA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
THE EE WAS REMOVING A PICKUP TRUCK TIRE WITH THE HELP OF ANOTHER EE. WHEN THE TWO MEN WERE LOWERING THE TIRE TO THE GROUND THIS EE FELT LOWER BACK PAIN.
March 14, 2002VA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON D10R IN CUSTOMER'S SHOP.HE PICKED UP SLACK ADJUSTER WHICH WAS COVERED WITH OIL. THE ADJUSTER SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND, HITTING HIS RIGHT HAND RING FINGER.
August 31, 1999VA · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
ON 8-31-99, TRAVELED TO A DEEP MINE TO MOVE A DOZER WITH A TRACTOR AND LOW BOY TRAILING. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LOAD DOZER SLIPPED SHIFTING ALL WEIGHT TO LEFT KNEE, EXPERIENCING PAIN AND SWELLING . SPECAILIST ON 10-8-99, RECEIVED INJECTION AND RETURNED TO WORK.
1996 · 2 incidents
May 20, 1996VA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techDISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
EMPLOYEE WAS SCHEDULED OFF 5-24-06, CALLED SUPERVISOR ON 5-28-96 AND REPORTED THAT HE HAD GONE TO DR. WITH BACK ON 5-24-96 AND GOING BACK TO DR. ON 5-28-96. MGT ASSUMED THIS WAS A REOCCURENCE OF OLD INJURY. HOWEVER, WHEN EMPLOYEE WAS DIAGNOSED BY SPECIALIST, HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS NEW INJURY. MAY 28, 1996 FIRST DAY OFF.
January 16, 1996VA · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNLOAD TRAM MOTOR FROM PALLET ON FORKLIFT TO STORAGE BIN, MOTOR SHIFTED AND CAUGHT LEFT FOREFINGER BETWEEN MOTOR AND THE FRAM OF FORKLIFT. REQUIRED STITCHES.