A HOLE BLEW OUT DURING A BLAST, A SMALL ROCK RICOCHED FROM THE GROUND OR A NEARBY TRAILOR AND STRUCK EE ON THE HEAD. FIRST AID WAS ADMINISTERED AT THE MINE SITE. THAT NIGHT HE WENT TO A DOCTOR FOR A TETNUS SHOT AND THE DOCTOR CLOSED THE LACERATION WITH A BUTTERFLY CLOSURER.
No.1 Strip & Auger Coal
Balor Enterprises LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Joe Ballard
Hurley,
Buchanan County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407010
No.1 Strip & Auger has $579 in proposed MSHA penalties and $579 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
- 2002
- Latest incident
- Feb 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
9
citations
3
significant & substantial
$579
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $579 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
13
inspections on record
135
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: 135 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 Strip & Auger has $579 in proposed MSHA penalties and $579 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$579
proposed penalties
$579
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$579
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-03-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at No.1 Strip & Auger shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.53 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 6 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.0.53
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.48
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-03-07.
Silica (quartz)
17.7
silica avg (%)
19.6
silica max (%)
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-03-13.
Noise
40%
over PEL
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-03-07.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 Q3 | 2,164 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 3,875 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 3,177 | 4 | 2 | 1259.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 2,860 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 2,338 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 1,530 | 5 | 1 | 3268.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 273 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 1,438 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2002 · 1 incident
February 14, 2002
VA · Coal
blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Balor Enterprises LLC · Struck by flying object
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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.