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: 838 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 16 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
54 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-06-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at No 16 shows 88% of 112 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2003-01-15, 23 years ago
88%
within 1.5 mg/m3
112
samples
9.89
dust max (mg/m3)
55 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 57 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
No 16 recorded 10.38 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.
Injury rate, 2002
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
10.38
total case rate
10.38
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 6.89 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, coal mining averaged 6.43 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2002 *
10.38
10.38
0.000
2001 *
16.02
12.01
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2003
10
12,711
2002
20
74,799
2001
28
86,977
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
No 16 sits in Wise County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.9% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Wise County, Virginia · Population 35,727
5.9%
Mining share of county employment
$50,740
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2003 Q2
0
1
0
2003 Q1
4,523
6
4
1326.6
2002 Q4
12,092
10
4
827.0
2002 Q3
9,023
4
1
443.3
2002 Q2
4,690
2
2
426.4
2002 Q1
12,736
3
1
235.6
2001 Q4
12,250
3
1
244.9
2001 Q3
11,279
15
6
1329.9
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2001 Q2
23,313
10
4
428.9
2001 Q1
3,104
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
28 on file
2002 · 2 incidents
November 15, 2002VA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB OFF OF LOADER HE STEPPED ON A ROCK WHICH CAUSED HIM TO FALL TWISTING HIS RT KNEE (RESTRICTED DUTY ONLY NO LOST TIME)
EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE HE WAS LOADING BRATTICE BLOCK INTO SCOOP BUCKET WHEN HE MASHED HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN TWO BRATTICE BLOCKS. FIRST DAY OFF 2-9-95 RELEASED TO RETURN 2-10-95 DID NOT RETURN UNTIL 2-11-95.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE GOT OF SHUTTLE CAR AND WAS WALKING TO FEEDER TO START IT WHEN HE STRUCK (WITH HIS HEAD) A HANGER. WALKING INTO IT, HE FELLT BACKWARDS ONTO HIS REAR AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS BACK.
November 9, 1994VA · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerOTHER
EE CALLED SUPPLY CLERK AT 2245 ON 11-90-94 AND STATED THAT HE HAD HAD AN ACCIDENT AT WORK CAUSING INJURY TO HIS KNEES. EE STATED HE HAD NOT INFORMED HIS SUPERVISOR OR ANYONE ELSE OF THE ALLEGE D INJURY. EE STATED HE WAS GOING TO THE DR. ON 11-10-94. DETAILS PERTAINING TO THIS ALLEGED ACCIDENT ARE UNKNOWN.
1988 · 2 incidents
May 23, 1988VA · Coalcontinuous miner operator, coal mole operatorMACHINERY
WHILE PULLING LOOSE ROCK AND SPOT BOLTING A PIECE OF ROCK WHITCH WAS BEING PULLED DOWN IT BROKE OF AT BOLT AND OVER TURNED AND HIT MINER OPERATOR AN LEFT THY AND FRACTURED PELIVIC BONE.