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.
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.
MSHA sampling at Mine No 3 shows 98% of 226 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: 2003-04-29, 23 years ago
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
226
samples
2.94
dust max (mg/m3)
118 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 108 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 No 3 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2003.
Injury rate, 2003
ⓘ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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 5.87 and the all-US-mining average was 4.43 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, coal mining averaged 5.11 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
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
10.09
10.09
0.000
2001 *
12.85
8.56
0.000
2000 *
14.30
0.00
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)
2004
0
2003
8
41,701
2002
14
99,776
2001
18
117,884
2000
13
60,825
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Mine No 3 sits in Buchanan County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% 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.
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
ⓘ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
3
0
360.9
2002 Q4
9,444
8
3
847.1
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2002 Q3
8,543
7
3
819.4
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.