Mining Incidents

No 1 Washer Coal

Controlled by Charles D Mullins
Appalachia, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407029

No 1 Washer has $40K in proposed MSHA penalties and $638 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2002–2007
Latest incident
Feb 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
153
citations
103
significant & substantial
$39,615
proposed penalties
$38,977
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $638 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
44
inspections on record
711
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: 711 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 Washer has $40K in proposed MSHA penalties and $638 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.
$40K
proposed penalties
$40K
current assessed
$39K
paid to date
$638
outstanding
151 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-03-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No 1 Washer shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.21 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 47 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.
0.21
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.04
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
47
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-05-01.
Noise
0%
over PEL
21
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-05-01.
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
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,173 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,207 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,088 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,731 6 3 1608.1
2007 Q4 4,490 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,558 2 0 438.8
Show 24 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q2 5,575 16 9 2870.0
2007 Q1 6,857 32 30 4666.8
2006 Q4 5,389 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,695 10 3 1755.9
2006 Q2 3,263 5 4 1532.3
2006 Q1 2,766 8 5 2892.3
2005 Q4 3,523 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,103 3 3 966.8
2005 Q2 3,638 4 3 1099.5
2005 Q1 2,195 2 1 911.2
2004 Q4 1,345 12 9 8921.9
2004 Q3 1,407 7 4 4975.1
2004 Q2 2,028 8 4 3944.8
2004 Q1 2,835 2 2 705.5
2003 Q4 2,905 13 7 4475.0
2003 Q3 3,737 4 0 1070.4
2003 Q2 1,922 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,262 4 3 1226.2
2002 Q4 3,988 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,397 8 8 2355.0
2002 Q2 3,520 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,323 7 5 1619.2
2001 Q4 2,165 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,288 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2007 · 2 incidents

February 9, 2007 VA · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Commonwealth Mining Corp · Accident type, without injuries

Denny & Sons (L379) was in the process of unloading his truck when the weight shifted because of the coal being frozen to the bed of the trailer. As the weight shifted it caused the trailer to give and the result was the trailer falling onto its left side. The truck was sitting in a level area when the trailer shifted. No injuries as a result of this accident.

February 8, 2007 VA · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Commonwealth Mining Corp · Accident type, without injuries

Jerry Minor Trucking (BA7) was in the process of unloading his loaded truck when the weight shifted because of the coal being frozen to the bed of the trailer. As the weight shifted it caused the trailer to give and the result was trailer falling onto its right side. The truck was sitting in a level area when the trailer shifted. No injuries as a result of this accident.

2004 · 1 incident

June 11, 2004 VA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Commonwealth Mining Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS WORKING ON PROCESSING COAL. A HOSE CAME LOOSE, SPRAYING CHEMICAL ONTO HIS FACE.

2002 · 1 incident

October 11, 2002 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Commonwealth Mining Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS RETURNING FROM PORTABLE TOILET USING THE FORBIDDEN FOOTPATH WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE FELLFELL BACKWARD -HURT BACK-

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The full compliance file on No 1 Washer

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.