Georges Fork Surface Mine
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.
MSHA sampling at Georges Fork Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.43 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 6 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.
Most recent sample: 2000-10-17.
Silica (quartz)
Most recent sample: 2000-10-25.
Noise
Most recent sample: 2000-04-11.
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 |
| 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.
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