Mine No. 38 Coal
Dominion Coal Corporation
· Underground
Controlled by
SunCoke Energy Incorporated
Vansant,
Buchanan County,
VA
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406876
Mine No. 38 has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 10 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
113
citations
41
significant & substantial
$18,126
proposed penalties
$16,573
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,553 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
47
inspections on record
1,649
inspection hours
6.9
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.113 citations across 1,649 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mine No. 38 has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 10 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.$18K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
110 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-12-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Mine No. 38 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.34 mg/m3 (98% compliant) across 240 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.0.34
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.66
dust max (mg/m3)
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
240
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-06-04.
Silica (quartz)
5.1
silica avg (%)
8.2
silica max (%)
8
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-02-10.
Noise
3%
over PEL
38
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-04-23.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Q3 | 2,213 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 5,013 | 3 | 0 | 598.4 |
| 2014 Q1 | 5,748 | 3 | 0 | 521.9 |
| 2013 Q4 | 6,718 | 8 | 3 | 1190.8 |
| 2013 Q3 | 9,944 | 5 | 1 | 502.8 |
| 2013 Q2 | 13,445 | 5 | 2 | 371.9 |
| 2013 Q1 | 8,250 | 9 | 2 | 1090.9 |
| 2012 Q4 | 11,133 | 10 | 1 | 898.2 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Q3 | 8,876 | 9 | 4 | 1014.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 9,234 | 5 | 0 | 541.5 |
| 2012 Q1 | 7,621 | 10 | 7 | 1312.2 |
| 2011 Q4 | 8,961 | 9 | 3 | 1004.4 |
| 2011 Q3 | 6,413 | 19 | 10 | 2962.7 |
| 2011 Q2 | 5,882 | 8 | 6 | 1360.1 |
| 2011 Q1 | 2,811 | 6 | 1 | 2134.5 |
| 2010 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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The full compliance file on Mine No. 38
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.