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.
215 citations across 2,863 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Nme has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $138 outstanding across 1 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.
$18K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$138
outstanding
213 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $90 in penalties contested before the Commission, $60 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-02-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at Nme shows 97% of 504 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2007-03-07, 19 years ago
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
504
samples
3.38
dust max (mg/m3)
218 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 286 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘ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.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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
ⓘ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.
Nme recorded 4.66 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.
Injury rate, 2006
ⓘ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.
4.66
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
About average. The US coal mining average was 4.87 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, coal mining averaged 4.44 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.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2006 *
4.66
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
4.51
4.51
0.000
2002 *
4.46
4.46
0.000
2001 *
4.45
4.45
0.000
2000 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2007
11
34,553
2006
16
56,566
2005
16
65,107
2004
15
79,426
2003
16
88,837
2002
16
73,202
2001
16
80,412
2000
12
52,535
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Nme sits in Dickenson County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 9.8% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘ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.
Dickenson County, Virginia · Population 13,920
9.8%
Mining share of county employment
$43,831
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2007 Q4
0
0
0
2007 Q2
10,804
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
10,916
10
1
916.1
2006 Q4
10,818
6
1
554.6
2006 Q3
10,628
19
8
1787.7
2006 Q2
10,671
23
6
2155.4
2006 Q1
10,762
4
2
371.7
2005 Q4
10,773
9
3
835.4
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2005 Q3
10,760
13
4
1208.2
2005 Q2
10,740
19
4
1769.1
2005 Q1
11,170
13
1
1163.8
2004 Q4
11,300
3
2
265.5
2004 Q3
10,830
5
4
461.7
2004 Q2
10,980
5
2
455.4
2004 Q1
11,002
7
2
636.2
2003 Q4
11,030
3
2
272.0
2003 Q3
11,255
7
1
621.9
2003 Q2
11,085
4
0
360.8
2003 Q1
10,968
7
3
638.2
2002 Q4
11,138
3
2
269.3
2002 Q3
11,180
6
1
536.7
2002 Q2
11,137
3
1
269.4
2002 Q1
11,398
6
1
526.4
2001 Q4
11,540
4
1
346.6
2001 Q3
11,579
4
1
345.5
2001 Q2
10,945
5
0
456.8
2001 Q1
10,920
4
0
366.3
2000 Q4
11,073
1
1
90.3
2000 Q3
9,894
2
1
202.1
2000 Q2
9,530
5
2
524.7
2000 Q1
733
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2006 · 2 incidents
June 23, 2006VA · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
EE WAS ON TOP OF THE MINER TO REMOVE A ROCK FOULED IN THE CONVEYOR CHAIN WHEN THE MINER OPERATOR MOVED THE MINER CATCHING THE EE BETWEEN THE ROOF AND MACHINE BRUISING HIS KNEE AND BACK.