Georges Fork Surface Mine: 1 MSHA citation
Coal
Clintwood,
Dickenson County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406893
Georges Fork Surface Mine has $173 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
- 7
- Years on record
- 1998–2000
- Latest incident
- May 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1
significant & substantial
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
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: 87 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Georges Fork Surface Mine has $173 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
1 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-04-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
100.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
100.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Georges Fork Surface Mine shows 100% of 6 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2000-10-17, 25 years ago
6 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR3
- HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER1
- HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR1
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2000-10-25, 25 years ago
Noise
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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.
Last sampled: 2000-04-11, 26 years ago
Most-sampled occupations
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR1
- HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER1
- HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR1
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Georges Fork Surface Mine recorded 10.96 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.
Injury rate, 2000
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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.
Above average. The US coal mining average was 7.74 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, coal mining averaged 8.63 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.
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.
Ownership history
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Paramont Coal Corp
1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
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Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
| Year |
Employees |
Coal produced (tons) |
| 2000 |
25 |
247,992 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Georges Fork Surface Mine sits in Dickenson County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 9.8% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.
Dickenson County, Virginia · Population 13,920
9.8%
Mining share of county employment
$43,831
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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 |
| 2000 Q4 |
791 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 |
3,458 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 |
19,940 |
1 |
1 |
50.2 |
| 2000 Q1 |
30,575 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2000 · 3 incidents
May 14, 2000
VA · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
DOZER OPERATOR WAS CARRING MATERIAL TO COVER SLOPE, DOZER SLID OFF FLAT ROCK CAUSING DOZER TO GO SIDE WAYS ON STEEP SLOPE. AFTER DOZER BECAME IN OPERATIVE OPEATION EXITED CAB AND SLIPPED ON LO OSE MATERIAL CAUSING LACERATION TO HEAD.
March 21, 2000
VA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS REPAIRING TRACK ON D-11 DOZER. WHILE PULLING TOGETHER THE CHAIN SLIPPED HITTING HIM IN THE MOUTH AND CHIPPED 2 TEETH.
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object
EE GETTING OUT OF DRILL. HE HIT HIS ARM ON WINDSHIELD WIPER AND CUT HIS ARM.
1998 · 4 incidents
September 2, 1998
VA · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
OTHER
Paramont Coal Corp · Unclassified, insufficient data
EE LEFT WORK WITH PAIN 9-2-98
September 1, 1998
VA · Coal
driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator
MACHINERY
Paramont Coal Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances
EE WAS HELPING MECHANIC WHO HAD CUT DRILL STEEL WITH TORCH. HE TOUCHED HOT END OF STEEL WITH HAND ATTEMPTING TO GUIDE STEEL INTO SUB RESULTING IN 2ND DEGREE BURN TO PALM OF RIGHHT HAND. TREATE D AT ER AND RETURNED 2/NO RESTRICTION. EE WAS IN TRAINING TO BE HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR.
February 6, 1998
VA · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE PERFORMING PRE-OPERATIONAL CHECK ON LOADER EMPLOYEE CLOSED DOOR ON RIGHT THUMB OF RIGHT HAND.
January 30, 1998
VA · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
Paramont Coal Corp · Struck by falling object
I DIDNOT INILESS THE ACCIDENT EE HAD NOTCHED TREE ON SIDE OF MTS. WENT UP THE MTN AND STARTED CUTTING TREE APPROX. 30-40' ABOVE OTHER TREE. WAS ATTEMPTING TO CUT OTHER TREE TO KNOCK DOWN HOWEV ER TREE. WHEN TREE FELL THE BOTTOM TREEE. WHIPLASHED AND FELL UP THE MTN ON EE. THIS IS HOW I THINK THE ACCIDENT HAPPEN.