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Hawthorne Dock Coal

Norton, Wise County, VA  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4405021

Hawthorne Dock has $35K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1986–2006
Latest incident
May 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
216
citations
104
significant & substantial
$35,229
proposed penalties
$34,104
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,125 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
72
inspections on record
1,080
inspection hours
20.0
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.
216 citations across 1,080 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hawthorne Dock has $35K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 1 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.
$35K
proposed penalties
$35K
current assessed
$34K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
208 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-09-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at Hawthorne Dock shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.10 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 82 samples.

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.
0.10
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.91
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
82
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-11-29.
Noise
3%
over PEL
39
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-02-26.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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
2018 Q2 648 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 947 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 214 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 292 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 169 1 0 5917.2
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
Show 63 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 742 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,248 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,632 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,536 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,608 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,503 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,440 1 0 694.4
2013 Q2 1,512 1 0 661.4
2013 Q1 1,512 3 0 1984.1
2012 Q4 1,224 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 872 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,665 2 0 1201.2
2012 Q1 1,632 1 0 612.7
2011 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,536 2 2 1302.1
2011 Q2 1,560 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,983 2 0 1008.6
2010 Q4 1,376 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,152 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 900 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 100 3 1 30000.0
2009 Q3 128 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 752 11 6 14627.7
2008 Q1 733 4 0 5457.0
2007 Q4 766 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,250 11 5 8800.0
2007 Q2 1,233 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,186 3 2 2529.5
2006 Q4 1,282 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,254 7 0 5582.1
2006 Q2 1,322 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,789 8 4 2868.4
2005 Q4 3,324 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,577 30 13 8386.9
2005 Q2 3,294 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,307 15 12 4535.8
2004 Q4 4,130 16 6 3874.1
2004 Q3 4,536 31 19 6834.2
2004 Q2 2,985 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,588 20 14 5574.1
2003 Q4 3,419 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,910 7 4 2405.5
2003 Q2 2,349 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,194 11 3 5013.7
2002 Q4 2,335 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,092 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,261 2 2 884.6
2002 Q1 3,129 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,623 3 2 648.9
2001 Q3 4,002 11 2 2748.6
2001 Q2 1,169 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 251 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 439 2 0 4555.8
2000 Q3 1,049 4 4 3813.2
2000 Q2 695 3 3 4316.5
2000 Q1 1,141 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2006 · 1 incident

May 1, 2006 VA · Coal FIRE
D & C Mining Corp · Accident type, without injuries

Unknown cause of fire. It occurred during non working hours and cause was not determined.

1993 · 3 incidents

October 22, 1993 VA · Coal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales OTHER
Ambrose Branch Coal Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS STANDING OUTDOOR POST WHEN BIT BY A SPIDER.

1990 · 1 incident

November 15, 1990 VA · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ambrose Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE LIFTING RR RAIL,LEFT END SLIPPED AND CAUGHT LEFT FOOT AGAINST RAIL.

1988 · 1 incident

1986 · 1 incident

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