Mining Incidents

No.1 Strip & Auger Coal

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
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.

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
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 file

2002 · 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

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.

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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.