Mining Incidents

Mine No 5 Coal

Old Dominion Energy Inc · Underground
Rt. 603 Dunbar Rd., Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406890

Mine No 5 has $4K 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
3
Years on record
1999–2000
Latest incident
Nov 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
48
citations
15
significant & substantial
$3,749
proposed penalties
$3,749
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
36
inspections on record
563
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: 563 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 5 has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
48 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-05-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine No 5 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.67 mg/m3 (93% compliant) across 129 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.
0.67
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.59
dust max (mg/m3)
93%
within 1.5 mg/m3
129
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-05-09.
Silica (quartz)
7.5
silica avg (%)
18.2
silica max (%)
23
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-05-15.
Noise
0%
over PEL
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-02-15.
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
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 6,609 4 1 605.2
2001 Q1 9,768 14 4 1433.3
2000 Q4 8,624 9 3 1043.6
2000 Q3 9,010 7 2 776.9
2000 Q2 8,775 5 3 569.8
2000 Q1 8,637 9 2 1042.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2000 · 2 incidents

November 3, 2000 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Dominion Energy Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AS EE WAS BENT OVER TAKING CABLE OFF THE HOOKS ON THE MINER, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK

April 12, 2000 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Dominion Energy Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS MOVING BELT STRUCTURE, WHEN HIS BACK GAVE OUT.

1999 · 1 incident

April 9, 1999 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Old Dominion Energy Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL 18 FEET LONG, 4 FEET THICK, 18 FEET WIDE WAS FOUND ON 4-9-99 AT 5:30 A.M. IN THE NO.2 HEADING AT BREAK NO. 45.

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The full compliance file on Mine No 5

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.