The employee was working with another person who was using a box cutter to open bags of rock dust. The other person accidentally struck the injured's left thumb resulting in a laceration which required sutures.
Mine No. 3 Coal
Mill Branch Coal Corporation
· Underground
Controlled by
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Derby, VA,
Wise County,
VA
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4407187
Mine No. 3 has $41K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 15 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2009
- Latest incident
- Jun 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
139
citations
38
significant & substantial
$41,200
proposed penalties
$31,503
paid to date
76% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $9,697 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
51
inspections on record
1,429
inspection hours
9.7
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.139 citations across 1,429 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mine No. 3 has $41K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 15 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$41K
proposed penalties
$32K
current assessed
$32K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
138 assessments are final orders; 15 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-12-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Mine No. 3 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.47 mg/m3 (95% compliant) across 181 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.0.47
dust avg (mg/m3)
4.45
dust max (mg/m3)
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
181
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-12-21.
Silica (quartz)
17.5
silica avg (%)
29.6
silica max (%)
24
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-09-20.
Noise
16%
over PEL
19
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-09-14.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Q1 | 2,864 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 15,076 | 16 | 3 | 1061.3 |
| 2010 Q3 | 15,818 | 11 | 3 | 695.4 |
| 2010 Q2 | 15,133 | 4 | 1 | 264.3 |
| 2010 Q1 | 14,802 | 9 | 3 | 608.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 17,516 | 36 | 12 | 2055.3 |
| 2009 Q3 | 18,012 | 23 | 5 | 1276.9 |
| 2009 Q2 | 11,614 | 14 | 6 | 1205.4 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Q1 | 8,601 | 14 | 1 | 1627.7 |
| 2008 Q4 | 251 | 6 | 1 | 23904.4 |
| 2008 Q3 | 1,788 | 2 | 1 | 1118.6 |
| 2008 Q2 | 1,352 | 4 | 2 | 2958.6 |
| 2007 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2009 · 1 incident
June 8, 2009
VA · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mill Branch Coal Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
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