Mine #3: 1 MSHA citation
Coal
Hurley,
Buchanan County,
VA
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406452
Mine #3 has $55 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
- 10
- Years on record
- 1988–1996
- Latest incident
- Mar 1996
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
0
significant & substantial
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 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: 23 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mine #3 has $55 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.
1 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $55 in penalties contested before the Commission, $55 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-01-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
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A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
| Docket |
Decision |
Judge |
Year |
Proposed / upheld |
| VA 20000019 |
Settlement |
Barbour |
2000 |
$55 → $55 |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Mine #3 sits in Buchanan County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.
Buchanan County, Virginia · Population 19,857
11.2%
Mining share of county employment
$42,216
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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 Q3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2000 Q2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2000 Q1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
10 on file
1996 · 1 incident
Ace Mining Inc · Struck by flying object
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING WIRE PULL ROPE ON THE MINER WHEN UPON STRIKING THE ROPE WITH A HAMMER, A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF AND IMBEDDED IN HIS LEFT CHEEK.
1995 · 3 incidents
Ace Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object
CRAWLING SHOVELING BEHIND THE MINER, HIT RIGHT KNEE ON ROCK CAUSING LUMP, KNOT AND SWELLING.
June 27, 1995
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Ace Mining Inc · Struck by falling object
A PIECE OF SLATE ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE ATRS & THE ROOF BOLTER SIZE 2IN TO 3IN EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A BRUISED NECK & PULLED MUSCLES
Ace Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS PASSING A CAN OF OIL AROUND TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE & INJURED HIS BACK
1994 · 1 incident
April 8, 1994
VA · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ace Mining Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
INJURED WAS PULLING HYDRAULIC HOSE & HOSE CAUGHT, & INJURED THEN PULLED ON HOSE INJURING BACK.
1993 · 1 incident
October 13, 1993
VA · Coal
continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman
POWERED HAULAGE
Ace Mining Inc · Struck by falling object
THE BRIDGE JACK WAS SET IN SANDSTONE TOP. DUE TO MOVEMENT OF BRIDGE THE JACK FELL STRICKING VICTIM LEFT HAND BREAKING THE LEFT INDEX FINGER.
1991 · 1 incident
March 25, 1991
VA · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
GOING DOWN STEPS FELL ON STEPS
1988 · 3 incidents
December 26, 1988
VA · Coal
roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper
MACHINERY
Shorty Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
ROOF DRILL GOT STUCK IN #2 BROKE I NAME STRUCK A OBJECT UNDER WHEEL TO GET TRACTION ROOF DRILL TIRE GRAB HIS GLOVE DRAGGING HISFINGER BETWEEN TIRE AND OBJECT
Shorty Mining Company · Struck against stationary object
I.NAME TRACTOR OPERATOR ENTERED NO 3 PRIER AT APP630AM ON A KERSY TRACTOR & AFTER TRAVELING 70FT.HE RAISE UP IN THE DECK OF TRACTOR & MADE CONTACT WITH MINE ROOF THUS RESULTING IN POSSIBLE IN JURY
Shorty Mining Company · Contact with hot objects or substances
INJURED EMPLOYEE AND CO-WORKER WERE USING CUTTING TORCHES AND RAN OUT OF OXYGEN PUT NEW TANK OF OXYGEN ON TORCHES,TANKS EXPLODED ,BURNING INJUREDS LEFT ARM,RIGHT HAND.