Mining Incidents

Load Out No 1 Coal

Oakwood, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405162

Load Out No 1 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $72 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
2003
Latest incident
Jul 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
17
citations
8
significant & substantial
$1,356
proposed penalties
$1,284
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $72 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
31
inspections on record
224
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: 224 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Load Out No 1 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $72 outstanding across 0 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$72
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-10-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Load Out No 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.20 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 16 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.
0.20
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.48
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
16
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-02-07.
Noise
7%
over PEL
14
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-02-07.
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
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 965 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,513 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,961 0 0 0.0
Show 15 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q4 1,753 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,415 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,380 4 2 2898.6
2003 Q3 1,363 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,389 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,609 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,782 1 0 561.2
2002 Q3 1,500 1 1 666.7
2002 Q2 1,893 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 153 5 1 32679.7
2001 Q4 1,127 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 324 6 4 18518.5
2000 Q3 15 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2003 · 1 incident

July 30, 2003 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quality Carbons Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING COAL FROM THE RAIL SIDE OF THE MAIN TRACK. IN THE PROCESS OF SHOVELING HE REPORTED GETTING A CATCH IN HIS BACK. HE DIDN'T MISS TIME OR RECEIVE MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THAT TIME. ON OCTOBER 13, 2003, HE CALLED AND SAID HE WAS CONTINUING TO HAVE PAIN FROM THE INJURY. HE RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION ON THAT DAY.

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