Mining Incidents

Mine No 8 A Coal

C S & S Coal Corporation · Underground
Norton, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407083

Mine No 8 A has $2K 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
2
Years on record
2004
Latest incident
Apr 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
21
citations
15
significant & substantial
$1,904
proposed penalties
$1,904
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
30
inspections on record
435
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: 435 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 A has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-09-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine No 8 A shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.50 mg/m3 (97% compliant) across 86 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.
0.50
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.95
dust max (mg/m3)
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
86
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-10-26.
Silica (quartz)
8.0
silica avg (%)
10.9
silica max (%)
23
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-08-10.
Noise
40%
over PEL
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-08-11.
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
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 1 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 3,601 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,131 5 5 815.5
2004 Q2 6,751 5 5 740.6
2004 Q1 6,190 5 4 807.8
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q4 7,005 5 1 713.8
2003 Q3 906 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2004 · 2 incidents

April 28, 2004 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
C S & S Coal Corporation · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL 150 FEET LONG, 6 FEET IN HEIGHT, 20 FEET WIDE WAS FOUND ON 04-28-04 AT 8:15 A.M. FROM #5 HEADING THRU TO #7 HEADING TWO BREAKS INBY SPAD #446.

April 28, 2004 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
C S & S Coal Corporation · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL 150 FEET LONG, 6 FEET IN HEIGHT, 20 FEET WIDE WAS FOUND ON 04-28-04 AT 10:00 A.M. FROM #4 THRU #6 HEADING ONE BREAK INBY SPAD #445.

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The full compliance file on Mine No 8 A

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.