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LMM Coal

Estep Coal Co Inc · Underground
Controlled by James Wayne Estep
Irvington, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4407167

LMM has $62K in proposed MSHA penalties and $16K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2008–2012
Latest incident
Nov 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
318
citations
73
significant & substantial
$62,274
proposed penalties
$44,729
paid to date
72% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $17,545 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
82
inspections on record
3,746
inspection hours
8.5
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.
318 citations across 3,746 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

LMM has $62K in proposed MSHA penalties and $16K outstanding across 4 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.
$62K
proposed penalties
$61K
current assessed
$45K
paid to date
$16K
outstanding
312 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-04-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at LMM shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.52 mg/m3 (94% compliant) across 451 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.
0.52
dust avg (mg/m3)
4.34
dust max (mg/m3)
94%
within 1.5 mg/m3
451
samples
Most recent sample: 2013-04-18.
Silica (quartz)
5.0
silica avg (%)
7.9
silica max (%)
37
samples
Most recent sample: 2013-04-24.
Noise
0%
over PEL
33
samples
Most recent sample: 2013-02-05.
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
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
Show 27 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q2 2,470 13 5 5263.2
2013 Q1 11,004 17 7 1544.9
2012 Q4 10,555 19 4 1800.1
2012 Q3 10,626 10 1 941.1
2012 Q2 11,084 15 1 1353.3
2012 Q1 11,258 13 8 1154.7
2011 Q4 11,032 10 4 906.5
2011 Q3 14,019 6 0 428.0
2011 Q2 13,704 14 1 1021.6
2011 Q1 10,610 13 2 1225.3
2010 Q4 13,878 21 4 1513.2
2010 Q3 10,575 11 5 1040.2
2010 Q2 9,980 11 3 1102.2
2010 Q1 10,140 14 2 1380.7
2009 Q4 10,421 14 2 1343.4
2009 Q3 11,220 12 1 1069.5
2009 Q2 11,035 7 3 634.3
2009 Q1 11,205 8 1 714.0
2008 Q4 11,526 8 2 694.1
2008 Q3 11,205 16 4 1427.9
2008 Q2 11,262 11 3 976.7
2008 Q1 11,240 9 1 800.7
2007 Q4 11,105 11 6 990.5
2007 Q3 11,004 21 2 1908.4
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 0 4 0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2012 · 2 incidents

January 11, 2012 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Estep Coal Co Inc · Struck against a moving object

The injured employee said while cutting coal with a deep operator miner it cut thru hard middle man causing miner to jump and causing his head to hit canopy of miner, hurting his back.

2011 · 1 incident

January 3, 2011 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Estep Coal Co Inc · Fall onto or against objects

The injured was taking loops of cable off miner boom when his feet slipped causing him to fall against miner boom stoving his left hand and arm up possibly breaking bone in his hand and left wrist.

2009 · 2 incidents

November 16, 2009 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Estep Coal Co Inc · Accident type, without injuries

Foreman found roof fall on preshift in last open crosscut between #4 to 3 entries. Approx 90' Long, 18' to 20' wide, approx 4-6' thick, in last open crosscut. Timbered off.

2008 · 2 incidents

October 27, 2008 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Estep Coal Co Inc · Struck by falling object

The roof bolter oper. had right hand on top of drill pot while moving the roof bolter into position, a piece of rock fell from top striking him on the hand.

June 20, 2008 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
Estep Coal Co Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Roof bolter operator was holding drill steel while drilling. Steel caught glove on right hand, twisting and breaking right arm.

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