Lawson Hollow Surface Mine: 20 MSHA citations
Coal
Coeburn,
Wise County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407076
Lawson Hollow Surface Mine has $3K 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
- 1
- Years on record
- 2004
- Latest incident
- May 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
15
significant & substantial
$2,983
proposed penalties
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
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: 172 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Lawson Hollow Surface Mine has $3K 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.
20 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-07-02.
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.
75.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
75.0%
reasonably likely or greater
85.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.0% low, 95.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Lawson Hollow Surface Mine shows 100% of 12 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: 2004-07-06, 22 years ago
12 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER4
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR3
- REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE2
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2004-07-12, 22 years ago
Most-sampled occupations
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR1
- HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR1
- REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE1
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: 2004-07-12, 22 years ago
Most-sampled occupations
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR3
- BACKHOE OPERATOR2
- HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER1
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Health sampling trend
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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 by year
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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.
| Year |
within 1.5 mg/m3 |
samples |
| 2004 |
100% |
8 |
| 2003 |
100% |
4 |
Noise by year
| Year |
over PEL |
samples |
| 2004 |
0% |
4 |
| 2003 |
0% |
5 |
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Lawson Hollow Surface Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2004.
Injury rate, 2004
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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.
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US coal mining average was 5.57 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, coal mining averaged 4.96 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.
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) |
| 2004 |
25 |
147,086 |
| 2003 |
37 |
106,339 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Lawson Hollow Surface Mine sits in Wise County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.9% 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.
Wise County, Virginia · Population 35,727
5.9%
Mining share of county employment
$50,740
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 |
| 2004 Q4 |
1,425 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 |
6,473 |
1 |
1 |
154.5 |
| 2004 Q2 |
19,989 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 |
25,783 |
5 |
5 |
193.9 |
| 2003 Q4 |
24,649 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 |
4,454 |
7 |
4 |
1571.6 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2004 · 1 incident
May 10, 2004
VA · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE STATED THAT HE WAS UNLOADING A 7 7/8 DRILL BIT FROM HIS 1992 FORD F350 FLATBED. HE SAID THAT HE LIFTED THE DRILL BIT, APPROXIMATELY 80 LBS AND TURNED TO SET IT DOWN AND FELT A STRAIN IN HIS BACK.