Mining Incidents

No 2 Coal

Black Belt Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by David L Cordill
Hurley, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4407017

No 2 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
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2005
Latest incident
Sep 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
161
citations
49
significant & substantial
$13,376
proposed penalties
$13,376
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
66
inspections on record
1,436
inspection hours
11.2
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.
161 citations across 1,436 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No 2 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
160 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-05-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No 2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.65 mg/m3 (92% compliant) across 195 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.
0.65
dust avg (mg/m3)
3.86
dust max (mg/m3)
92%
within 1.5 mg/m3
195
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-05-20.
Silica (quartz)
6.9
silica avg (%)
12.3
silica max (%)
25
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-02-13.
Noise
6%
over PEL
18
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-02-13.
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
2006 Q3 1,597 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,777 29 9 6070.8
2006 Q1 3,412 10 1 2930.8
2005 Q4 4,330 17 6 3926.1
2005 Q3 2,923 3 1 1026.3
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q4 680 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 1,929 13 5 6739.2
2002 Q3 4,813 17 6 3532.1
2002 Q2 6,021 11 3 1826.9
2002 Q1 4,753 10 4 2103.9
2001 Q4 1,982 5 4 2522.7
2001 Q3 886 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,395 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 610 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2005 · 1 incident

September 19, 2005 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dacoal Mining, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS ASSISTING OTHER MINERS REPAIRING THE CONVEYOR BELT (MAKING A SPLICE) EE SLIPPED, LOST HIS FOOTING CONTACTED A PIECE OF METAL, LACERATING HIS RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND. 6 SUTURES.

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