Mining Incidents

Mine No. 4 Coal

Compac, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Kenneth L Stacy
BIG ROCK, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407042

Mine No. 4 has $231 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2002
Latest incident
Oct 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
4
citations
1
significant & substantial
$231
proposed penalties
$231
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
6
inspections on record
82
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: 82 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. 4 has $231 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$231
proposed penalties
$231
current assessed
$231
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-08-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine No. 4 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.19 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 10 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.
0.19
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.49
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-08-27.
Silica (quartz)
20.1
silica avg (%)
24.4
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-04-02.
Noise
0%
over PEL
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-08-27.
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 Q4 9,581 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 11,212 2 0 178.4
2002 Q2 10,258 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 11,002 2 1 181.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2002 · 1 incident

October 4, 2002 VA · Coal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Compac, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS GOING TO ENTER HIS HAULAGE TRUCK AND AS HE WAS STANDING ON THE GROUND AND EXTENDED HIM SELF TO REACH THE FIRST RUNG ON THE LADDER HE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS RIGHT LOWER STOMACH.

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The full compliance file on Mine No. 4

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.