What are Mine No 8's MSHA penalties?

Mine No 8 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties on record, with $0 currently outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

What is the respirable coal dust exposure at Mine No 8?

MSHA sampling at Mine No 8 shows 94% of 183 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.

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Mine No 8: 33 MSHA citations Coal

C S & S Coal Corp · Underground

Controlled by Jerry Skeens; Eddie Skeens

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

citations

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.

See C S & S Coal Corp's full MSHA compliance history →

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2001

inspections on record

914

inspection hours

n/a

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.

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.

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.

$3K

proposed penalties

$3K

current assessed

$3K

paid to date

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.

Violation severity profile

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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.

45.2%

significant & substantial

3.2%

high negligence or reckless

45.2%

reasonably likely or greater

12.9%

permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs

Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 22.6% low, 74.2% moderate, 3.2% high, 0.0% reckless.

Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

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.

Last sampled: 2003-07-09, 23 years ago

94%

within 1.5 mg/m3

183

samples

2.87

dust max (mg/m3)

105 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 78 by the operator.

Most-sampled occupations

CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR81
SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)28
SCOOP CAR OPERATOR9

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2003-07-11, 23 years ago

5.5

silica avg (%)

samples

9.7

silica max (%)

Most-sampled occupations

CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR15

See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

Noise

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The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.

Last sampled: 2003-05-13, 23 years ago

22%

over PEL

samples

Most-sampled occupations

CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR5
SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)5
ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (INTAKE SIDE)2

See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.

Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Health sampling trend

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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 by year

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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.

Year	within 1.5 mg/m3	samples
2003	93%	80
2002	94%	68
2001	97%	35

Silica (quartz) by year

Year	silica avg (%)	samples
2003	5.5	15
2002	4.9	8
2001	5.9	10

Noise by year

Year	over PEL	samples
2003	29%	7
2002	20%	5
2001	17%	6

Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Injury rate, 2002

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This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.

0.00

total case rate

0.00

days-away rate

0.000

fatality rate

No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.

Below average. The US coal mining average was 6.89 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.

In Virginia, coal mining averaged 6.43 cases per 100 workers that year.

Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.

Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.

Ownership history

C S & S Coal Corp 2001 to present

Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Workforce and production

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Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.

Year	Employees	Coal produced (tons)
2004	0
2003	9	119,653
2002	11	194,670
2001	10	95,472

Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Local economic context

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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.

Wise County, Virginia · Population 35,727

5.9%

Mining share of county employment

$50,740

Median household income

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

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
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.