Mill Creek #1 Surface Mine Coal
Barnette Energy, LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Metamining Inc.
Clinchco,
Dickenson County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407169
Mill Creek #1 Surface Mine has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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 2006
78
citations
31
significant & substantial
$22,793
proposed penalties
$22,793
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
24
inspections on record
659
inspection hours
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: 659 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mill Creek #1 Surface Mine has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.$23K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
78 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-09-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Mill Creek #1 Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.19 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 60 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.0.19
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.73
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
60
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-01-16.
Silica (quartz)
19.9
silica avg (%)
34.1
silica max (%)
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-03-01.
Noise
0%
over PEL
20
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-01-13.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q4 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 600 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 2,471 | 3 | 3 | 1214.1 |
| 2012 Q2 | 2,554 | 1 | 1 | 391.5 |
| 2012 Q1 | 2,080 | 2 | 0 | 961.5 |
| 2011 Q4 | 6,640 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2011 Q2 | 875 | 2 | 0 | 2285.7 |
| 2011 Q1 | 5,846 | 4 | 3 | 684.2 |
| 2010 Q4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2010 Q3 | 5,111 | 3 | 1 | 587.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 7,697 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 6,672 | 5 | 4 | 749.4 |
| 2009 Q4 | 6,190 | 1 | 1 | 161.6 |
| 2009 Q3 | 7,867 | 8 | 3 | 1016.9 |
| 2009 Q2 | 5,173 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 10,148 | 6 | 2 | 591.2 |
| 2008 Q4 | 5,191 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 7,036 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 7,036 | 12 | 2 | 1705.5 |
| 2008 Q1 | 7,575 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 7,310 | 10 | 4 | 1368.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 6,801 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 7,265 | 9 | 4 | 1238.8 |
| 2007 Q1 | 6,863 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 5,682 | 5 | 1 | 880.0 |
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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The full compliance file on Mill Creek #1 Surface 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 with the underlying data as CSV.