Mining Incidents

No 1 Coal

Dacoal Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by David Stevenson
DANTE, Russell County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407016

No 1 has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2001–2003
Latest incident
Aug 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
131
citations
43
significant & substantial
$12,875
proposed penalties
$12,875
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
58
inspections on record
1,471
inspection hours
8.9
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.
131 citations across 1,471 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No 1 has $13K 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
128 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-02-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.50 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 222 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)
1.78
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
222
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-03-05.
Silica (quartz)
6.4
silica avg (%)
17.9
silica max (%)
29
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-01-22.
Noise
14%
over PEL
22
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-12-05.
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
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 3,106 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,628 3 1 648.2
2003 Q4 5,568 6 2 1077.6
2003 Q3 5,703 10 1 1753.5
2003 Q2 6,457 9 1 1393.8
2003 Q1 4,695 14 7 2981.9
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q4 4,864 7 3 1439.1
2002 Q3 4,596 6 4 1305.5
2002 Q2 5,169 8 4 1547.7
2002 Q1 3,631 9 3 2478.7
2001 Q4 4,385 18 7 4104.9
2001 Q3 3,599 17 5 4723.5
2001 Q2 3,847 13 2 3379.3
2001 Q1 1,777 11 3 6190.2

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
July 27, 2001 VA · Coal truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Dacoal Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A CONTRACTOR PARKED HIS TRUCK IN A TURN AROUND AREA APPROX. 75 YARDS FROM STOCKPILE OF UNDERGROUND MINE. HE PLACED AN IMPROVISED STAND UNDERNEATH THE REAR OF THE TRUCK TO LEVER THE TRUCK OFF T HE GROUND AS BED RAISED. UNDERNEATH, HE BEGAN WORKING, ADJUSTING BRAKES. TRUCK EITHER ROLLED OR SLIPPED OF STAND PINCHING HIM BETWEEN THE REAR AXLE & STAND. FOUND SITTING ON GROUND UNDER TRUC

Reportable incidents

6 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2003 · 1 incident

August 12, 2003 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dacoal Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #2 ENTRY OF 2ND RIGHT APP. 2600 FT. OUTBY FACE 120 FT INBY SPAD #182. THE FALL MEASURED 70' LONG 18' WIDE AND 6' THICK. 60 INCH FULL GROUTED RESIN RODS USED IN THIS AREA.

2002 · 5 incidents

July 22, 2002 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dacoal Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED INT HE #6 ENTRY OF 1ST RIGHT APP. 700 FT OUT FACE 30 FT OUTBY SPAD #32 THE FALL MEASURED APP 90 FT 18 FT WIDE AND 7-8 FT THICK.

June 20, 2002 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dacoal Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN #6 ENTRY OF 1ST RIGHT APP 750 FT OUT BY FACE 30 FT IN BY SPAD #77. THE FALL MEASURED APP 100 FT LONG 18 FT WIDE AND 6 FT THICK.

May 8, 2002 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Dacoal Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

THE BELT MAN RESTED HIS HAND ON THE #1 BELT TAIL PIECE WHEN A ROCK THAT WAS DUMPED FROM THE #2 BELT BOUCNED OVE3R STRICKING HIS HAND.

April 10, 2002 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dacoal Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN #6 ENTRY OF #1 MAINS APPROX. 300' OUTBY THE FACE OF 1ST RIGHT. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX. 30' X 18' X 6' THICK.

February 25, 2002 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dacoal Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

SLICKENED SIDED SLIP SEPARATED FROM THE MAIN ROOF APP. 5' IN THICKNESS, 14-20' WIDE, AND 24' LONG, AT SPAD #78 APP. 1000' OUTBY THE FACE.

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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.