Big Rock, Buchanan County,
VA
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Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406974
Mine No 3 has $5K 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
7
Years on record
2000–2002
Latest incident
Oct 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
65
citations
26
significant & substantial
$4,941
proposed penalties
$4,941
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
85
inspections on record
1,378
inspection hours
4.7
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.
65 citations across 1,378 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mine No 3 has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
65 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-04-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Mine No 3 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.34 mg/m3 (98% compliant) across 226 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
2004 Q3
0
0
0
2004 Q2
0
0
0
2004 Q1
0
0
0
2003 Q4
1,648
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
2,609
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
10,188
5
2
490.8
2003 Q1
8,312
4
1
481.2
2002 Q4
9,444
14
7
1482.4
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2002 Q3
8,543
9
4
1053.5
2002 Q2
12,094
4
2
330.7
2002 Q1
9,545
5
2
523.8
2001 Q4
11,216
3
0
267.5
2001 Q3
10,788
1
0
92.7
2001 Q2
12,707
3
1
236.1
2001 Q1
11,996
6
2
500.2
2000 Q4
11,379
2
1
175.8
2000 Q3
5,595
2
2
357.5
2000 Q2
4,380
4
1
913.2
2000 Q1
6,612
3
1
453.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2002 · 2 incidents
October 8, 2002VA · Coallaborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerMACHINERY
VICTIM WAS HELPING DRILL ANCHOR HOLES FOR SECTION TAILPIECE WHILE DRILL WAS IN MOTION HE REALLED DOWN TOCLEAN DUST FROM HOLE DRILL STEEL CAUGHT HIS SHIRT GLEEVE AND WRAPPED UP IN STEEL RESULTI NG IN FRACTURE TO RT FOREARM.
April 10, 2002VA · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
VICTIM WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS IN #4 ENTRY RT. XCUT WHEN HE SET PERSONAL CANOPY AGAINST MINE ROOF THE BOTTOM PLATE THAT SUPPORTS THE JACK BROKE, CAUSING IT BREAK LETTING THE CANOPY TO FALL S TRIKING HIM THE HEAD & STOVING HIS NECK UP.
REMOVING TINE FROM ROOF BOLTER WITH RATCHET & SOCKET. LOOSENING LUG NUTS WHEN RATCHET SLIPPED & SOCKET BUSTED CAUSING VICTIM TO STRIKE BOLTER FACE FIRST CAUSING LACERATION ABOVE RIGHT EYEBROW REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.
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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
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