Pilgrims Knob, Buchanan County,
VA
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Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406836
Mine No. 1 has $79K in proposed MSHA penalties and $532 outstanding across 23 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
18
Years on record
1997–2009
Latest incident
Dec 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
521
citations
117
significant & substantial
$79,123
proposed penalties
$67,869
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $11,254 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
132
inspections on record
5,481
inspection hours
9.5
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.
521 citations across 5,481 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mine No. 1 has $79K in proposed MSHA penalties and $532 outstanding across 23 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.
$79K
proposed penalties
$68K
current assessed
$68K
paid to date
$532
outstanding
510 assessments are final orders; 23 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-11-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Mine No. 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.47 mg/m3 (94% compliant) across 710 samples.
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.
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
2013 Q4
3,163
9
3
2845.4
2013 Q3
7,498
14
1
1867.2
2013 Q2
9,165
7
1
763.8
2013 Q1
7,269
8
2
1100.6
2012 Q4
10,759
6
3
557.7
2012 Q3
7,164
13
5
1814.6
2012 Q2
8,148
5
1
613.6
2012 Q1
7,220
11
2
1523.5
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2011 Q4
10,012
11
2
1098.7
2011 Q3
8,448
11
2
1302.1
2011 Q2
10,321
11
0
1065.8
2011 Q1
8,767
15
1
1711.0
2010 Q4
12,339
19
3
1539.8
2010 Q3
14,594
51
13
3494.6
2010 Q2
9,288
39
6
4199.0
2010 Q1
3,364
1
0
297.3
2009 Q4
7,431
25
3
3364.3
2009 Q3
7,097
10
1
1409.0
2009 Q2
5,477
4
0
730.3
2009 Q1
6,120
6
0
980.4
2008 Q4
5,373
3
0
558.3
2008 Q3
4,998
12
3
2401.0
2008 Q2
6,690
15
1
2242.2
2008 Q1
7,379
11
0
1490.7
2007 Q4
8,994
14
2
1556.6
2007 Q3
7,304
3
0
410.7
2007 Q2
6,258
10
2
1598.0
2007 Q1
7,211
4
0
554.7
2006 Q4
7,315
2
1
273.4
2006 Q3
6,537
17
8
2600.6
2006 Q2
5,258
16
3
3043.0
2006 Q1
8,140
5
2
614.3
2005 Q4
6,870
13
4
1892.3
2005 Q3
6,708
11
3
1639.8
2005 Q2
10,374
11
4
1060.3
2005 Q1
9,368
7
6
747.2
2004 Q4
1,809
13
3
7186.3
2004 Q3
195
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
929
7
1
7535.0
2004 Q1
360
1
0
2777.8
2003 Q3
312
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
312
1
1
3205.1
2001 Q3
11,596
13
4
1121.1
2001 Q2
8,996
5
1
555.8
2001 Q1
10,264
12
4
1169.1
2000 Q4
3,656
6
3
1641.1
2000 Q3
320
3
0
9375.0
2000 Q2
7,375
20
6
2711.9
2000 Q1
12,625
7
4
554.5
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
December 3, 1998VA · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)Fatality · MACHINERY
Capital Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER IN FACE ON #3 ENTRY ON THE 001 SECTION WHEN THE ATRS SYSTEM ON THE ROOF BOLTER ROLLED DOWN CATCHING HIM AGAINST FRAME OF ROOF BOLTER RESULTING IN DEATH.
Employee had gloves on while removing wiring from around the roof bolt plates. A piece of metal from roof bolt plates went thru his glove & into his finger.
ROOF FALL OCCURRED 50 FT IN BY SPAD 33 IN BELT TRACK ENTRY AREA WAS BOLTED AND FALL BROKE GLUE BOLTS AT BEND POINT. ROCK FELL ON #1 BELT LINE. THIS PREVENTS TRAVEL OF SECURITY ESCAPEWAY.
DRILLING HOLE IN MINE ROOF FOR SURVEY POINT USING HAND CRANK DRILL STRAINED GROIN. MINE HEIGHT WAS 36" AND PERSON WAS PUTTING UPWARD PRESSURE ON DRILL WITH UPPER THIGH TO DRILL HOLE.
February 19, 2001VA · Coalcontinuous miner operator, coal mole operatorMACHINERY
EE WAS INJURED WHILE HELPING TO MOVE A DISTRIBUTION BOX FROM THE SHOP. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LEVEL THE UNIT ON A FLOOR JACK, IT SLIPPED OFF. THE EDGE OF THE UNIT STRUCK HIS RIGHT FOOT BEHIND THE HARD TOE RESULTING IN 4 FRACTURED TOES. ON 9/17/00 THE FOURTH TOE AND THE SMALL TOE WERE AMPUTATED DUE TO THE INJURY.
1999 · 3 incidents
December 15, 1999VA · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
Capital Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WHILE DRILLING STARTER HOLE WITH STARTER STEEL 24" LONG. HAD FINISHED DRILLING HOLE 24" DEEP. HE HAD LOWERED BOOM SOME. HE PUT HIS HAND ON STEEL. (NOT ROTATING) TO LOWER STEEL OUT OF HOLE. HE RAISED BOOM BY MISTAKE AND CAUGHT RT HAND 1ST FINGER FROM THUMB, BETWEEN ROOF AND STEEL. PINCHING FINGER.
September 27, 1999VA · Coalcontinuous miner operator, coal mole operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
ELECTRICIAN WAS INSTALLING A 800 AMP MINER BREAKER AFTER SUPPLYING POWER (600 VOLTS) TO THE TOP OF THE BREAKER HE WAS MAKING A CHECK ON THE MONITOR CIRCUIT. WHEN HE PUT THE BREAKER IN THE TO P OF OF IT SHORT CIRCUITED CAUSING AN ELECTRICAL FIRE.
August 20, 1998VA · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
OPERATOR INSTALLED 1ST BOLT IN THE CUT. HE HAD REPOSITIONED BOLTER SO THE OTHER OPR COULD PUT UP ADDITIONAL BOLT. HE WAS WAITING ON THE OTHER OPR TO FINISH HIS BOLT. SITTING ON RIB 3 RAIL OF B OLTS OUTBY LAST ROW WHEN A ROCK & COAL BROW FELL HITTING HIM ON LEFT KNEE. ROCK & COAL 18" TRIANGLE. 2" THICK. (#5 RT CUT THROUGH TO #6. 140' INBY SPAD #136.)
WHILE UNLOADING A BUNDLE OF ROOF BOLTS FROM A FLAT BED TRUCK THE INJURED MAN LOST HIS FOOTING ON A SLIPPERY METAL SURFACE. HE FELL FROM THE TRUCK TO THE GROUND. THE FALL WAS RESULT OF FOUR FRA CTURED RIBS.
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The full compliance file on Mine No. 1
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.