Mining Incidents

Mule Hollow Surface Mine Coal

Controlled by Metinvest B V
Big Rock, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4407219

Mule Hollow Surface Mine has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
Apr 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
44
citations
16
significant & substantial
$13,589
proposed penalties
$11,551
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,038 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
33
inspections on record
409
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: 409 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mule Hollow Surface Mine has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
44 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-05-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mule Hollow Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.17 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 19 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.
0.17
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.55
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
19
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-01-21.
Silica (quartz)
11.6
silica avg (%)
21.9
silica max (%)
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-09-29.
Noise
0%
over PEL
15
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-01-21.
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
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
Show 42 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 2,323 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,281 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,112 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,043 2 0 979.0
2011 Q1 1,605 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,556 2 0 1285.3
2010 Q3 2,015 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 12,588 11 3 873.8
2009 Q4 12,606 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 12,195 4 0 328.0
2009 Q2 11,081 1 0 90.2
2009 Q1 10,702 12 6 1121.3
2008 Q4 9,738 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 6,455 4 2 619.7
2008 Q2 3,498 1 1 285.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2008 · 1 incident

April 23, 2008 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Surface Minerals Company · Struck by falling object

During Tree cutting operation for a spoil fill area in advance of mining operation. An employee received multible non-fatal injuries when another employee felled a tree. Then the tree struck the injured employee who was working down slope of the felled tree.

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