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.
325 citations across 2,921 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mine #2 has $37K in proposed MSHA penalties and $34K outstanding across 0 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.
$37K
proposed penalties
$37K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$34K
outstanding
324 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-12-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 0% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
75%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$300 proposed, $75 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2003-05-27.
MSHA sampling at Mine #2 shows 94% of 288 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2002-12-10, 23 years ago
94%
within 1.5 mg/m3
288
samples
6.53
dust max (mg/m3)
121 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 167 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
Mine #2 recorded 14.47 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.
Injury rate, 2002
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
14.47
total case rate
10.85
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 6.89 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, coal mining averaged 6.43 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2002 *
14.47
10.85
0.000
2001 *
14.32
14.32
0.000
2000 *
13.02
10.41
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2003
11
2,197
2002
28
156,254
2001
34
136,051
2000
36
334,497
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Mine #2 sits in Tazewell County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Tazewell County, Virginia · Population 39,933
3.1%
Mining share of county employment
$45,788
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2003 Q2
17,664
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
0
0
0
2002 Q4
10,129
7
5
691.1
2002 Q3
11,966
9
3
752.1
2002 Q2
17,348
30
16
1729.3
2002 Q1
15,845
20
7
1262.2
2001 Q4
17,997
55
38
3056.1
2001 Q3
16,503
31
20
1878.4
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2001 Q2
16,481
46
32
2791.1
2001 Q1
18,864
33
10
1749.4
2000 Q4
18,748
33
7
1760.2
2000 Q3
18,593
14
10
753.0
2000 Q2
20,707
24
14
1159.0
2000 Q1
18,777
5
3
266.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
33 on file
2002 · 7 incidents
July 26, 2002VA · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderHANDLING OF MATERIALS
DISCONNECT BELOW FAN WOULDN'T STAY IN. EMPLOYEE PULLED DISCONNECTS BACK SIDE OF SHOP-UP ON HILL.THIS KILLED POWER AT FAN DISCONNECTS. WAS INTENDING TO CHANGE FUSE HOLDER. EVIDENTLY STILL POWER ON THE LINE. GOT INTO POWER AND FELL OFF LADDER.
ROOF FALL IS LOCATED IN BLEEDER SYSTEM 10 BREAKSINBY MOUTH OF PANEL. PANEL IS 1ST LEFT OFF 1ST RMAINS. AIR FLOW NOT DISRUPTED. FALL IN INTERSECTION 2500' FROM ACTIVE WORKING SECTION.`
EE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON A SHUTTLE CAR. HE WASUSING A 3/4" SOCKET & RACHET & PIPE & SLATE BAR TO PUT TORQUE ON BOLTS WHEN THE RACHET BROKE ANDTHE PIPE HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE.
EE WAS LIFTING STEEL BEAMS ON 11/29/00 WHEN HE REPORTED HE HAD STRAINED HIS BACK. AGAIN ON 1/2/01 WHILE LOADING A BELT SCRAPER HE REPORTED HE INJURED HIS BACK. EE DID NOT WORK FROM 1/2/01 TO 1 /11/01 WHERE HE TRIED TO WORK AND REPORTED HE CAN'T MAKE IT ANY LONGER.
October 9, 2000VA · Coalcontinuous miner operator, coal mole operatorMACHINERY
THE ALLCO MAN BUS WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE INTAKE SLOPE WHEN IT LOST BRAKES AND POWER STEERING. THE MANBUS STRUCK THE RIGHT RIB THEN HTI THE LEFT RIB WHERE IT CAME TO REST. EE SUSTAINED A CUT TO HIS LEFT LEG WHICH WILL REQUIRE STITCHES.
February 2, 2000VA · Coalelectrician, linemanELECTRICAL
FOREMAN WENT INTO THE MINE TO CHECK PUMPS AND FOUND FALL. 6' X 6' BY 4'. SLIP FELL FROM THE RIGHT RIB TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF THE ENTRY PULLING 4 ROOF BOLTS. THIS SLIP HAD BEEN CRIBBED PRIOR TO THE FALL.
EE WAS RIDING A 2 MAN PERSONNEL CARRIER UP THE SLOPE OF THE INTAKE UNDERGROUND, WHEN HE LOST POWER ON THE CARRIER. THE CARRIER STARTED SLIDING DOWN THE SLOPE WHEN EE JUMPED OFF LANDING ON HIS RT SHOULDER.
July 23, 1999VA · Coalsection foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift bossFALL OF ROOF OR BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING MINER CABLE OVER WITH HIS FOOT WHILE SITTING IN THE DECK OF THE MINER THUS CAUSING A STRAINED MUSCLE TO HIS LOWER BACK.
June 5, 1999VA · Coalexaminer, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examinerRESPIRATORY CONDITIONS (TOXIC AGENTS)
Corbin Collieries, Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EE WAS CLEANING WITH A 488 S&S SCOOP, WHEN THE BATTERIES BECAME GROUNDED AND THUS RESULTING IN SMOKE IN WHICH EE INHALED. DONNING OF THE DRAGE SCSR WAS DISCUSSED WITH EE FOLLOWING INCIDENT.
EE WAS HANGING LINE CURTAIN THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY TORN DOWN. THE SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR WAS PULLING OUT FROM THE MINER AFTER BEING LOADED GOING, TO THE FEEDER. THE SHUTTLE CAR SLID OVER STRIK ING EE IN THE LOWER BACK AND RIGHT LEG.