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No 1: 24 MSHA citations Coal

Oak Coal Corp · Underground
Controlled by David Stevenson
Grundy, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406792

No 1 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
14
Years on record
1996–1999
Latest incident
Oct 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
24
citations
13
significant & substantial
$2,403
proposed penalties
$2,403
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Oak Coal Corp's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
29
inspections on record
370
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: 370 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No 1 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
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-11-30.
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.
54.2%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
54.2%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.3% low, 91.7% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No 1 shows 100% of 61 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: 2000-10-03, 25 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
61
samples
1.02
dust max (mg/m3)
31 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 30 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR30
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (OFF STANDARD)5
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)5

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2000-03-07, 26 years ago
4.6
silica avg (%)
1
samples
4.6
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR1
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

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.

Last sampled: 2000-01-31, 26 years ago
0%
over PEL
4
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR1
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (OFF STANDARD)1
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)1
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

No 1 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.

Injury rate, 2000
ⓘ 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 7.74 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, coal mining averaged 8.63 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
  1. Freedom Energy Company Inc 1995 to 1998
  2. Oak Coal Corp 1998 to present
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)
2001 0
2000 11 45,751
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

No 1 sits in Buchanan County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% 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.
Buchanan County, Virginia · Population 19,857
11.2%
Mining share of county employment
$42,216
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
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 4,336 3 0 691.9
2000 Q3 5,379 6 3 1115.4
2000 Q2 4,869 9 7 1848.4
2000 Q1 6,399 6 3 937.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

1999 · 5 incidents

October 7, 1999 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Oak Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

TIMBERED & DANGERED OFF - MINE IS RETREAT MINING(PILLAR) FOUND FALL IN PILLAR LINE ON PRE-SHIFT.

August 6, 1999 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oak Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT BOX OF RESIN ONTO ROOFBOLTING MACHINE. HE REPORTED A TWISTED BACK AS ARESULT OF THIS ACTION

June 2, 1999 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Oak Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

EE SAID HE RAN OVER A ROCK IN HIS PATH WHICH BOUNCED HIM INTO THE CANOPY ONT HE STD SHUTTLE CAR HE WAS OPERATING AT THE TIME. EE CAME TO ME CHAREE SUPT. COMPLANING WITH NECK BEING SORE AT APPR OX. 200 PM ON 6-2-99.

March 1, 1999 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Oak Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

PILLAR FALL OCCURRED INBY PILLAR LINE AND FEL 80' OUTBY, BLOCKING THE NEXT INTERSECTION.

1998 · 2 incidents

1997 · 2 incidents

1996 · 5 incidents

June 1, 1996 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Freedom Energy Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WORKING ON BEATING GEAR OFF OF FOOT SHAFT FOR JOY 12-3 MINER, PIECE OF METAL CHIP OFF OF GEAR WHILE BEATING ON IT WENT INTO EE UPPER PART OF LEG.