Mining Incidents

Mine No 8 Coal

C S & S Coal Corp · Underground
Wise, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4407026

Mine No 8 has $3K 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
6
Years on record
2001–2003
Latest incident
Aug 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
33
citations
14
significant & substantial
$2,675
proposed penalties
$2,675
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
51
inspections on record
914
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: 914 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 8 has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-07-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine No 8 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.54 mg/m3 (94% compliant) across 183 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.
0.54
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.87
dust max (mg/m3)
94%
within 1.5 mg/m3
183
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-07-09.
Silica (quartz)
5.5
silica avg (%)
9.7
silica max (%)
33
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-07-11.
Noise
22%
over PEL
18
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-05-13.
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
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 4,143 6 4 1448.2
2003 Q2 7,712 6 3 778.0
2003 Q1 6,796 3 1 441.4
2002 Q4 7,015 1 0 142.6
2002 Q3 7,198 2 0 277.9
2002 Q2 6,994 5 2 714.9
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q1 7,230 1 0 138.3
2001 Q4 7,413 2 0 269.8
2001 Q3 5,961 1 1 167.8
2001 Q2 2,764 6 3 2170.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2003 · 2 incidents

August 4, 2003 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
C S & S Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL APP 40 FEET LONG, APP 6 FEET IN HEIGHT AND APP 20 FEET WIDE OCCURRED ON 8/4/03 AT SURVEY SPAD NO. 28, APP 5TH INTERSECTION UNDERGROUND FROM PORTAL AND APP 1700 FT OUTBY FACE.

July 31, 2003 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
C S & S Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL 110 FEET LONG, 6 FEET IN HEIGHT AND 20 FEET WIDE OCCURRED ON 7/31/2003 AT SURVEY SPAD NO. 47 TO WITHIN 40 FEET OF SURVEY SPAD NO. 58, TWO BREAKS TO THE LEFT OF THE BELT HEADING AN D APP 1500 FT OUTBY THE FACE.

2002 · 3 incidents

August 16, 2002 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
C S & S Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL 25 FEET LONG, 5 FEET IN HEIGHT, 19 FEET WIDE WAS FOUND ON 08/16/02 AT 10:25 A.M. ON SPAD NO. 96 IN RETURN BETWEEN NO. 1 AND NO. 2 HEADING, FIRST LEFT OFF MAINS.

August 5, 2002 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
C S & S Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL 70 FEET LONG, 5 FEET IN HEIGHT, 20 FEET WIDE WAS FOUND ON 08/05/02 AT 6:15 AM 5 BREAKS INSIDE IN THE MINES.

2001 · 1 incident

September 7, 2001 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C S & S Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE WHEN HE FELT A BURNING PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER.

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The full compliance file on Mine No 8

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.