Mining Incidents

Mine No 3 Coal

Compac Inc · Surface
Controlled by Kenneth L Stacy
Big Rock, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406994

Mine No 3 has $433 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
1
Years on record
2000
Latest incident
Oct 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
6
citations
5
significant & substantial
$433
proposed penalties
$433
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
15
inspections on record
168
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: 168 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 3 has $433 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.
$433
proposed penalties
$433
current assessed
$433
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-12-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine No 3 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.27 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 18 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.
0.27
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.58
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
18
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-12-04.
Silica (quartz)
11.2
silica avg (%)
12.2
silica max (%)
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-05-21.
Noise
8%
over PEL
12
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-12-04.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 10,396 2 2 192.4
2001 Q3 12,388 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 10,418 3 2 288.0
2001 Q1 11,301 1 1 88.5
2000 Q4 9,271 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 10,702 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2000 · 1 incident

October 26, 2000 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Compac Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS CLIMBING UP THE LADDER TO PUT HYDRAULIC OIL INTO A 785 CAT ROCK TRUCK WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED AND HE FELL APPROX. FOUR TO FIVE FEET LANDING ON HIS KNEES WITH HIS RIGHT LEG GOING UNDER HIS BODY.

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The full compliance file on Mine No 3

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.