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Mine No 2: 38 MSHA citations Coal

Papaw Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Mark S Wooten
Clinchco, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406891

Mine No 2 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1998–2000
Latest incident
Dec 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
38
citations
10
significant & substantial
$2,494
proposed penalties
$2,494
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Papaw Coal Company Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
31
inspections on record
577
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: 577 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 No 2 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
37 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-03-02.
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.
26.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
24.3%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.4% low, 94.6% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine No 2 shows 91% of 87 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: 2001-02-27, 25 years ago
91%
within 1.5 mg/m3
87
samples
5.78
dust max (mg/m3)
41 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 46 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR41
  • MOBILE BRIDGE OPERATOR14
  • ROOF BOLTER (SINGLE HEAD)10

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2001-03-05, 25 years ago
8.6
silica avg (%)
3
samples
13.6
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR3
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

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.

Last sampled: 2001-02-23, 25 years ago
0%
over PEL
9
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • MOBILE BRIDGE OPERATOR4
  • ROOF BOLTER (SINGLE HEAD)3
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR2
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2001 100% 14
2000 89% 73
Silica (quartz) by year
Year silica avg (%) samples
2001 6.0 2
2000 13.6 1
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2001 0% 5
2000 0% 4
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Mine No 2 recorded 24.56 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.

Injury rate, 2000
ⓘ 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.
24.56
total case rate
12.28
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 7.74 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, coal mining averaged 8.63 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.
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.
Ownership history
  1. Fleetwood Energy Inc 1997 to 1999
  2. J Cress Enterprises Inc 1999 to 1999
  3. Papaw Coal Company Inc 1999 to present
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)
2001 13 7,875
2000 26 64,658
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Mine No 2 sits in Dickenson County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 9.8% 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.
Dickenson County, Virginia · Population 13,920
9.8%
Mining share of county employment
$43,831
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
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 11,252 14 3 1244.2
2000 Q4 10,484 9 6 858.5
2000 Q3 11,867 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 12,991 7 1 538.8
2000 Q1 13,519 8 0 591.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

2000 · 7 incidents

December 15, 2000 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Papaw Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL MEASURING APPROX 45'LONG, 9'WIDE IN THE MIDDLE AND TAPERING TO A 2' AT END AND ABOUT 8' TO 10' THICK CAUSED BY NATURAL SLIP IN ROOF.

December 11, 2000 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Papaw Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED HE WAS DRILLING THE ROOF OF THE MINE WITH DRILL STEEL WHEN THE DRILL STEEL LODGED IN THE ROOF. WHEN THE EE ATTEMPTED TO DISLODGE, THE DRILL STEEL, HIS LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TH E DRILL HEAD AND THE MINE ROOF CAUSING INJURY TOTHE LEFT THUMB AND LEFT INDEX FINGER. THE THUMB AND FINGER WAS BROKEN BUT WAS BRUISED.

May 2, 2000 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Papaw Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MINER ALLEGES HE WAS PUTTING A BEARING IN A 94L AND TAPPED THE BEARING WITH A HAMMER WHICH HIT HIS LEFT THUMB.

March 22, 2000 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Papaw Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS LIFTING UP A ROLL OF BELT AND COMPLAINED OF HIS BACK HURTING.

January 17, 2000 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Papaw Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING #4 ENTRY TO THE SURFACE ON 3-WHEELER. HE WAS LOOKING AT A POWER CURTAIN HE WAS PASSING BY AND CAUGHT HIS HEAD ON THE ROOF HURTING HIS NECK.

1999 · 5 incidents

April 27, 1999 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J Cress Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE & 2 OTHER EE'S WERE LIFTING A MOTOR ON A BRIDGE & LIFTED IN A POSTION THAT TWISTED HIS BACK. DR'S REPORT WAS THAT HE HAD A PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK

March 31, 1999 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
J Cress Enterprises Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE TRAMMING CONTINUOUS MINER DOWN LONG JOHN BRIDGES PULL MINER AGAINST RIB TOWARD OPERATOR OF MINER, PINING HIM BETWEEN RIB AND MACHINE.

January 30, 1999 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fleetwood Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNLOADING SUPPLY CAR OFF OF TRUCK AND CUT HAND ON PIECE OF METAL.

1998 · 3 incidents

July 23, 1998 VA · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fleetwood Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE REPAIRING HOSE ON ROOF DRILL, REPAIRMAN LET HEAD OF ROOF DRILL DOWN ON HAND, CATCHING HAND BETWEEN ATRS BOLTER RING AND HEAD.

June 8, 1998 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Fleetwood Energy Inc · Struck against a moving object

RIDING MANTRIP TO WORKING SECTION. EE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN NECK, DESCRIBING THE INJURY LIKE A CRICK IN THE NECK.