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Middle Creek Refuge Coal

Landover Energy LLC · Surface

Controlled by W Edward Brantley

Richlands, Tazewell County, VA  ·  Temporarily Idled

MSHA Mine ID: 4407320

Middle Creek Refuge has $337 in proposed MSHA penalties and $221 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities

0

Total incidents

0

Years on record

—

Latest incident

—

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2015

3

citations

0

significant & substantial

$337

proposed penalties

$116

paid to date

34% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $221 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2014

21

inspections on record

261

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: 261 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Middle Creek Refuge has $337 in proposed MSHA penalties and $221 outstanding across 0 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.

$337

proposed penalties

$337

current assessed

$116

paid to date

$221

outstanding

3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2019-06-05.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Middle Creek Refuge shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.05 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 2 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.

0.05

dust avg (mg/m3)

0.05

dust max (mg/m3)

100%

within 1.5 mg/m3

2

samples

Most recent sample: 2019-06-28.

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
2023 Q1	0	0	0
2020 Q3	148	0	0	0.0
2020 Q2	278	0	0	0.0
2020 Q1	370	0	0	0.0
2019 Q4	263	0	0	0.0
2019 Q3	320	0	0	0.0
2019 Q2	945	1	0	1058.2
2019 Q1	0	0	0

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Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2018 Q4	1,792	0	0	0.0
2018 Q3	0	0	0
2018 Q2	976	0	0	0.0
2018 Q1	992	0	0	0.0
2017 Q4	488	0	0	0.0
2017 Q3	720	0	0	0.0
2017 Q2	538	0	0	0.0
2017 Q1	538	1	0	1858.7
2014 Q3	96	0	0	0.0
2014 Q2	972	0	0	0.0
2014 Q1	242	0	0	0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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