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Hiram Fork Coal

Banner Blue Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Metinvest B V
Wolford, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406920

Hiram Fork has $333K in proposed MSHA penalties and $285K outstanding across 9 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2000–2014
Latest incident
Nov 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
829
citations
262
significant & substantial
$332,796
proposed penalties
$43,162
paid to date
13% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $289,634 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
142
inspections on record
6,719
inspection hours
12.3
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.
829 citations across 6,719 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hiram Fork has $333K in proposed MSHA penalties and $285K outstanding across 9 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.
$333K
proposed penalties
$328K
current assessed
$43K
paid to date
$285K
outstanding
810 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-07-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at Hiram Fork shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.44 mg/m3 (96% compliant) across 839 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.
0.44
dust avg (mg/m3)
8.73
dust max (mg/m3)
96%
within 1.5 mg/m3
839
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-04-23.
Silica (quartz)
6.8
silica avg (%)
22.4
silica max (%)
54
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-04-24.
Noise
1%
over PEL
88
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-04-23.
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 8,041 16 5 1989.8
2018 Q1 8,410 9 1 1070.2
2017 Q4 8,666 13 3 1500.1
2017 Q3 9,161 14 0 1528.2
2017 Q2 9,247 7 2 757.0
2017 Q1 12,630 7 2 554.2
2016 Q4 9,264 3 1 323.8
2016 Q3 13,131 13 3 990.0
Show 37 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q2 9,448 7 3 740.9
2016 Q1 11,882 14 5 1178.3
2015 Q4 12,861 24 3 1866.1
2015 Q3 15,286 16 4 1046.7
2015 Q2 14,848 7 0 471.4
2015 Q1 14,325 12 1 837.7
2014 Q4 18,494 8 0 432.6
2014 Q3 8,822 54 14 6121.1
2014 Q2 8,971 58 14 6465.3
2014 Q1 12,653 68 15 5374.2
2013 Q4 13,808 102 29 7387.0
2013 Q3 14,111 28 8 1984.3
2013 Q2 1,907 6 1 3146.3
2012 Q4 4,849 27 12 5568.2
2012 Q3 8,400 31 16 3690.5
2012 Q2 9,868 40 16 4053.5
2012 Q1 5,900 54 19 9152.5
2011 Q4 5,900 12 5 2033.9
2011 Q3 5,054 4 0 791.5
2011 Q2 1,208 12 5 9933.8
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 31 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 0 1 1
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 5,597 6 1 1072.0
2002 Q2 7,201 16 8 2221.9
2002 Q1 8,406 14 7 1665.5
2001 Q4 5,659 17 10 3004.1
2001 Q3 5,549 6 1 1081.3
2001 Q2 8,405 4 3 475.9
2001 Q1 1,380 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6,892 20 12 2901.9
2000 Q3 10 16 9 1600000.0
2000 Q2 5,490 16 7 2914.4
2000 Q1 6,841 7 3 1023.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2014 · 1 incident

November 23, 2014 VA · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
D&H Mining, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Setting cribs in an intersection and a piece of draw rock fell on his lower back and hip.

2011 · 1 incident

2002 · 3 incidents

February 16, 2002 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nufac Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING AND CHANGING OUT BELT ROLLERS ON THE NUMBER ONE BELT AND FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT LOWER STOMACH.

February 11, 2002 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Nufac Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD DRILLED A 42" HOLE & GOT THE DRILL STEEL HUNG IN HOLE. HE THEN PUT THE WRENCH ON THE HUNGDRILL STEEL & WHEN HE TURNED THE WRENCH THE RUBBER GLOVES HE HAD ON FOULED ON THE WRENCH & DRILL STEEL & TWISTED HIS ARM. THE AREA HE WAS WORKINGIN WAS WET & MUDDY.

February 5, 2002 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Nufac Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE HAD FINISHED LOADING A SHUTTLE CAR & NOTICED THAT THE CORD GOING TO THE REMOTE FOR THE MINER WAS LAYING WHERE THE TIRE OF THE SHUTTLE CAR WASGOING TO RUN OVER IT. AS HE TRIED TO GET THE COR D OUT OF THE WAY THE SHUTTLE CAR MOVED & THE TIRE RAN OVER HIS LEFT HAND.

2000 · 4 incidents

July 14, 2000 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Maranatha Mining & Leasing Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MINER WAS BROKE DOWN IN #2 HEADING, HE PARKED HIS SHUTTLE CAR IN THE BREAK BEHIND MINER AND GOT OFF TO HELP. WHEN HE WENT TO GET BACK ON HIS CAROTHER EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING HIS 3 WHEELER AND CAUG HT HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE 3 WHEELER AND SIDE FRAME OF SHUTTLE CAR.

June 14, 2000 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Maranatha Mining & Leasing Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE SIAD HE WAS ROCK DUSTING BY HAND NEAR SS# 85 WHICH IS ABOUT 1100' DEEP ON #1 BELTLINE. HE SAID HE PICKED UP SOME DRAW ROCK WHICH LAYING ON BOTTOM, WAS TOSSING IT ON THE BELT WHEN HE T WISTED HIS BACK AND SHOULDER CAUSING PAIN IN HISSHOULDER, BACK, AND LEGS. HE WORKED THURSDAY AND PART OF FRIDAY AFTERWARDS.

March 24, 2000 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Maranatha Mining & Leasing Inc · Struck by falling object

APPROX 120'INBY SS# 126 OF THE MINER WAS CUTTING IN #3 RIGHT BREAK, THE FIRST SUMP OF THE FIRST CUT IN 3RD RIGHT AND JUST BEEN TAKEN. THE MINER CREW SET OVER AND WAS TAKING THE 2ND SUMP. THE OPERATOR WAS POSITIONED SET OVER AND WAS TAKING THE 2ND SUMP. THE OEPRATOR WAS POSITIONED AT THE 2ND ROW OF BOLTS OUTBY, WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK MEASURING 4"TX4-5'WX7-8' LONG FELL ON HIS F

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