Mining Incidents

Meridian #2 Coal

Calico Coal Inc · Underground
Controlled by Cecil T Brinager
Whitewood, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4401486

Meridian #2 has $879K in proposed MSHA penalties and $628K outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1989–2017
Latest incident
Feb 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
1,441
citations
392
significant & substantial
$879,137
proposed penalties
$224,843
paid to date
26% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $654,294 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
186
inspections on record
12,851
inspection hours
11.2
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.
1,441 citations across 12,851 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Meridian #2 has $879K in proposed MSHA penalties and $628K outstanding across 5 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.
$879K
proposed penalties
$852K
current assessed
$225K
paid to date
$628K
outstanding
1,424 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-01-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Meridian #2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.53 mg/m3 (94% compliant) across 1,654 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.
0.53
dust avg (mg/m3)
7.13
dust max (mg/m3)
94%
within 1.5 mg/m3
1,654
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-06-29.
Silica (quartz)
5.1
silica avg (%)
12.1
silica max (%)
103
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-06-05.
Noise
3%
over PEL
119
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-02-05.
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
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 1 1
2019 Q4 0 3 0
2019 Q3 6,974 26 7 3728.1
2019 Q2 23,362 26 8 1112.9
2019 Q1 23,380 36 9 1539.8
Show 60 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q4 29,903 29 5 969.8
2018 Q3 29,720 50 9 1682.4
2018 Q2 27,996 35 12 1250.2
2018 Q1 30,742 93 25 3025.2
2017 Q4 31,588 40 14 1266.3
2017 Q3 28,679 36 15 1255.3
2017 Q2 28,533 34 8 1191.6
2017 Q1 30,338 47 14 1549.2
2016 Q4 29,309 65 14 2217.7
2016 Q3 28,447 27 12 949.1
2016 Q2 23,810 30 7 1260.0
2016 Q1 28,604 39 9 1363.4
2015 Q4 25,120 26 8 1035.0
2015 Q3 27,030 53 23 1960.8
2015 Q2 23,071 40 15 1733.8
2015 Q1 13,174 38 9 2884.5
2014 Q4 14,534 25 9 1720.1
2014 Q3 15,667 64 21 4085.0
2014 Q2 11,076 27 5 2437.7
2014 Q1 6,915 26 8 3759.9
2013 Q4 8,396 26 8 3096.7
2013 Q3 6,603 8 2 1211.6
2013 Q2 8,230 34 4 4131.2
2013 Q1 4,467 29 4 6492.1
2012 Q4 1,240 1 0 806.5
2012 Q3 1,520 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,062 8 1 1580.4
2011 Q4 8,411 15 4 1783.4
2011 Q3 6,873 6 2 873.0
2011 Q2 5,409 12 5 2218.5
2011 Q1 4,582 13 1 2837.2
2010 Q4 5,416 17 4 3138.8
2010 Q3 6,401 7 2 1093.6
2010 Q2 6,306 10 2 1585.8
2010 Q1 6,233 28 12 4492.2
2009 Q4 7,862 88 23 11193.1
2009 Q3 7,644 20 4 2616.4
2009 Q2 6,749 17 1 2518.9
2009 Q1 5,331 13 3 2438.6
2008 Q4 5,072 15 2 2957.4
2008 Q3 4,745 16 3 3372.0
2008 Q2 4,272 17 3 3979.4
2008 Q1 4,143 13 3 3137.8
2007 Q4 3,937 13 3 3302.0
2007 Q3 6,105 12 3 1965.6
2007 Q2 4,463 5 1 1120.3
2007 Q1 7,122 20 8 2808.2
2006 Q4 6,201 2 1 322.5
2006 Q3 7,095 10 5 1409.4
2006 Q2 6,427 3 1 466.8
2006 Q1 7,190 3 0 417.2
2005 Q4 6,271 3 0 478.4
2005 Q3 6,252 4 1 639.8
2005 Q2 6,070 4 2 659.0
2005 Q1 5,336 10 4 1874.1
2004 Q4 5,855 5 0 854.0
2004 Q3 5,025 4 1 796.0
2004 Q2 6,727 2 1 297.3
2004 Q1 6,694 3 0 448.2
2003 Q4 4,563 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2017 · 1 incident

February 22, 2017 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Calico Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was operating the left side of the double head roof bolter installing cable type bolts. Employee set up and started drilling a hole when a piece of rock broke off, slid down the steel, spinning around, striking employee on the left forearm, causing a laceration on employee's arm.

2016 · 2 incidents

May 28, 2016 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Calico Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was operating a shuttle car running from the miner in #4 Left break to the feeder in #6. As EE was traveling started to lose hard hat, reached up to grab it and was so close to the rib, arm came in contact with it and was pulled back between the cable guide post and the rib. EE then backed the car up to get arm free.

May 1, 2016 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Calico Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE was operating a man trip for transportation when ee ran in front of a scoop trade long across an intersection. The scoop controls malfunctioned and the operator was unable to stop the scoop before it hit the man trip the ee was operating. The ee complained of pain and swelling in foot initially but now is complaining of multiple injuries.

2015 · 3 incidents

August 5, 2015 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Calico Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE was operating a shuttle car when he attempted to avoid the line curtain on the off side. He got too close to the rib/brow on his side and came in contact with the rib.

June 27, 2015 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Calico Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was unloading rock dust from a scoop to another ride when he felt something pull in his back

April 1, 2015 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Calico Coal Inc · Struck by powered moving object

Injured employee was behind the 3 wheeler they were using for underground transportation when another employee accidentally backed up on him

2004 · 2 incidents

November 19, 2004 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Calico Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured was changing seats in shuttle car and caught his head between top and buggy, straining his neck. Injured went to hospital, was told he was ok. Company was told a week later his neck was hurting. Last work day was 12-2-04.

August 17, 2004 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Calico Coal Inc · Struck against stationary object

Injured stated that he pulled off bump & ran over something & bounced head against top.

1989 · 1 incident

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The full compliance file on Meridian #2

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 with the underlying data as CSV.