Mining Incidents

Job #15 Surface Coal

Controlled by James C Justice III
Appalachia, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407201

Job #15 Surface has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2007–2008
Latest incident
Jan 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
24
citations
9
significant & substantial
$8,303
proposed penalties
$7,749
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $554 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
24
inspections on record
362
inspection hours
n/a
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: 362 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Job #15 Surface has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-01-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Job #15 Surface shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.18 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 20 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.
0.18
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.92
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
20
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-04-04.
Silica (quartz)
14.6
silica avg (%)
14.6
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2007-10-01.
Noise
0%
over PEL
15
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-04-05.
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
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
Show 25 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 1 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 3,046 1 1 328.3
2011 Q3 8,782 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 12,595 2 0 158.8
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 1,172 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,582 2 1 774.6
2009 Q4 10,636 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 723 1 1 1383.1
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 3 0
2008 Q4 153 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 7,359 1 0 135.9
2008 Q2 11,788 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 28,683 8 5 278.9
2007 Q4 29,018 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 34,880 5 1 143.3
2007 Q2 30,527 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2008 · 1 incident

January 21, 2008 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
A & G Coal Corporation · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was using torch to cut a broken place out of a hydraulic cylinder, when the oil in the cylinder ignited and flames shot underneath his helmet, burning his face.

2007 · 2 incidents

October 25, 2007 VA · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
A & G Coal Corporation · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Drill steel fell on hand when the steel fell through an auger hole mashing his right middle finger and thumb against the deck. Received several stitches in middle finger of right hand.

August 31, 2007 VA · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
A & G Coal Corporation · Accident type, without injuries

Employee was operating WT-8 water truck, travelling towards Job #14 at approx 800pm. a 1998 Chevy truck traveling the same direction hit WT-8 in the right rear area demolishing the pickup truck. The driver, though bleeding heavily, left the scene on foot. 911 call was made by foreman & after searching for injured driver (to no avail), MSHA & DMME were called.

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