Meridian Mine
Coal
Whitewood,
Buchanan County,
VA
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Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406856
Meridian Mine has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1997–1999
- Latest incident
- Sep 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
4
significant & substantial
$1,021
proposed penalties
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $18 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
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: 156 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Meridian Mine has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
14 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-11-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Meridian Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.33 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 23 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: 2000-04-24.
Silica (quartz)
Most recent sample: 2000-03-22.
Noise
Most recent sample: 2000-03-13.
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 |
| 2000 Q2 |
5,639 |
2 |
1 |
354.7 |
| 2000 Q1 |
7,844 |
11 |
3 |
1402.3 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
1999 · 2 incidents
September 30, 1999
VA · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Calico Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS ON HIS KNEES WATCHING MINER CABLE BEING PULLED UP, WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM TOP BETWEEN BOLTS. THE PIECE OF ROCK HIT HIM ON MINING HAT, CAUSING IT TO CUT HIM ABOVE HIS RT EYE.\
Calico Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO CHANGE PLANETARY GEAR ONMINER, AND WAS STRUCK IN THE LEFT EYE BY A SLATEBAR.
1997 · 1 incident
Calico Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
INJURED WAS RIDING IN SCOOP BUCKET ENROUTE TO SECTION. HE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AGAINST THE TOP, ROLLED OVER IN BUCKET BREAKING HIS LEFT ARM (HUMERUS). HEIGHT WAS 48" WHERE ACCIDENT OCCURR ED.
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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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