Marker Portal Mine
Coal
Appalachia,
Wise County,
VA
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Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4407237
Marker Portal Mine has $30K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 16 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 12
- Years on record
- 2009
- Latest incident
- Aug 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
48
significant & substantial
$30,366
proposed penalties
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,202 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
14.7
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.
160 citations across 1,085 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Marker Portal Mine has $30K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 16 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.
154 assessments are final orders; 16 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-09-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Marker Portal Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.59 mg/m3 (92% compliant) across 91 samples.
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.
Most recent sample: 2009-10-29.
Silica (quartz)
Most recent sample: 2009-11-04.
Noise
Most recent sample: 2009-10-26.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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 |
| 2010 Q1 |
2,485 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 |
12,855 |
35 |
13 |
2722.7 |
| 2009 Q3 |
18,444 |
15 |
5 |
813.3 |
| 2009 Q2 |
27,089 |
62 |
18 |
2288.8 |
| 2009 Q1 |
29,275 |
19 |
4 |
649.0 |
| 2008 Q4 |
22,046 |
28 |
8 |
1270.1 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
12 on file
2009 · 12 incidents
August 26, 2009
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bluff Spur Coal Corporation · Struck against stationary object
The individual was removing drill steel from roof bolt hole and struck his right elbow on the canopy post.
Bluff Spur Coal Corporation · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
Individual was stretching out 2/0 cable when a loop of cable flipped over causing the cable to twist his wrist.
Bluff Spur Coal Corporation · Accident type, without injuries
A fall was discovered in the worked out No. 1 Northeast macker panel. The fall was in the No.2 return entry at survey station No. 6507 and mneasured approx. 20' long x 20' wide x 6' thick. There were no injuries or equipment involved. The fall will not be cleaned.
Bluff Spur Coal Corporation · Accident type, without injuries
A fall was discovered in the worked out No. 1 Northeast marker panel. The fall was in the No. 2 return entry at survey station No. 6527 and measured approximately 20' long x 20' wide x 6' high. There were no injuries or equipment involved. The fall will not be cleaned up.
July 6, 2009
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bluff Spur Coal Corporation · Struck by falling object
The individual was installing a roof bolt when a piece of draw rock fell. The draw rock struck the edge of the tray of the roof bolting machine which caused the rock to break. A piece of the rock struck the individual's left wrist.
Bluff Spur Coal Corporation · Struck by falling object
The employee was operating a continuous mining machine when a piece of draw rock fell out between roof bolts. The rock struck him on top of his head and bent his neck forward resulting in a strain to his neck.
Bluff Spur Coal Corporation · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
The individual was installing a new cable (wire) on a conveyor belt take-up unit and strained his right shoulder.
June 13, 2009
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Bluff Spur Coal Corporation · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
The injured was operating a roof bolting machine and was raising the drill head up to the drill steel, when he caught his right hand btween the drill head chuch and the drill steel. This resulted in a laceration, which required sutures.
Bluff Spur Coal Corporation · Over-exertion in lifting objects
The injured was changing the drive chain on #5 drive and strained right shoulder when lifting a 60 drive chain to place on belt drive gears. The injured did not miss work but is scheduled for shoulder surgery on 7/31/09.
Bluff Spur Coal Corporation · Accident type, without injuries
A fall was discovered in the No. 1 entry of the 1-left panel off 1 East marker at survey station No. 6600. The fall measured approximately 25' long by 7' thick by 17' wide. There were no injuries or equipment involved. The fall was approximately 650' outby the MMU 001-0 and will not be cleaned up.
Bluff Spur Coal Corporation · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
The individual was helping slide a spool of shuttle car cable in to the scoop bucket and experienced pain in his right shoulder.
March 10, 2009
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bluff Spur Coal Corporation · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
The individual was opening an air lock door, which is located on the mine travelway, and felt a pull in his lower back. He did not miss work or go to a physician until 5/19/09. The physician recently determined that the individual has a hernia. The operator was not aware that this was job related until 6/25/09.
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The full compliance file on Marker Portal Mine
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and
docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF
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