Mining Incidents

No. 1 Coal

Controlled by Robert H Burton
Maxie, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406980

No. 1 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 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
2000–2002
Latest incident
Dec 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
28
citations
13
significant & substantial
$2,322
proposed penalties
$2,262
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $60 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
45
inspections on record
589
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: 589 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 $60 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
$60
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-10-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No. 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.19 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 64 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.
0.19
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.33
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
64
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-10-25.
Silica (quartz)
24.6
silica avg (%)
41.8
silica max (%)
7
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-07-07.
Noise
3%
over PEL
31
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-10-25.
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 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 1,180 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,453 1 0 155.0
2004 Q3 16,107 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 10,815 9 6 832.2
2004 Q1 13,189 3 2 227.5
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q4 11,458 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 12,963 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 11,005 3 0 272.6
2003 Q1 12,718 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 8,724 3 2 343.9
2002 Q3 10,678 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,624 1 0 131.2
2002 Q1 10,098 1 0 99.0
2001 Q4 9,195 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 10,276 4 1 389.3
2001 Q2 8,831 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 9,472 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 9,553 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,250 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,797 1 1 208.5
2000 Q1 2,846 2 1 702.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2002 · 4 incidents

December 12, 2002 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentar Energy Company · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS STANDING ON THE GROUND AND AS HE STARTED TO ENTER HIS DOZER HE STEPPED ON THE PUSH ARM AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL STRIKING THE PUSHARM WITH HIS CHEST. THE CONDITION WAS RAINY AND MUDDY AT THE TIME OF THE FALL.

October 24, 2002 VA · Coal FIRE
Kentar Energy Company · Accident type, without injuries

A FIRE OCCURED NEAR THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF A HAULER TRUCK.

June 17, 2002 VA · Coal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentar Energy Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PUTTING HYDRALIC OIL IN A TRUCK. HE WAS STANDING ON AN OLD AIR FILTER TO REACH THE OIL CAP. WHEN HE JUMPED OFF THE OIL FILTER HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE OIL FILTER WAS APPROX 3' HIGH.

2000 · 2 incidents

November 29, 2000 VA · Coal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Compac Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ON TOP OF THE PLATFORM OILING AND GREASING A CAT HAULER AND WHEN HE WAS COMING DOWNTHE STEPS TO THE GROUND HE SLIPPED ON THE STEPS AND HIT HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE STEPS.

July 27, 2000 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Compac Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS GOING TO ENTER A 785 CAT ROCK TRUCK AND WHEN HE STEPPED ON A SET OF CHAIN STEPS THEY WENT UNDER THE BUMPER OF THE TRUCK CAUSING A STRAIN ON HIS A STOMACH.

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The full compliance file on No. 1

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.