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: 514 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. 2 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $144 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$144
outstanding
38 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-05-05.
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. 2 shows 100% of 51 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: 2005-05-03, 21 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
51
samples
0.83
dust max (mg/m3)
46 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 5 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. 2 recorded 8.42 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005.
Injury rate, 2005
ⓘ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.
8.42
total case rate
8.42
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 5.11 and the all-US-mining average was 4.21 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, coal mining averaged 4.71 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
2005 *
8.42
8.42
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
7.22
7.22
0.000
2002 *
7.03
7.03
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)
2006
0
2005
11
71,376
2004
34
182,100
2003
21
247,395
2002
24
251,602
2001
17
76,447
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
No. 2 sits in Tazewell County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.1% 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.
Tazewell County, Virginia · Population 39,933
3.1%
Mining share of county employment
$45,788
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
2006 Q3
0
0
0
2006 Q2
0
0
0
2006 Q1
670
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
0
0
0
2005 Q3
0
0
0
2005 Q2
10,672
12
3
1124.4
2005 Q1
13,093
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
18,836
3
2
159.3
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2004 Q3
19,944
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
14,158
4
2
282.5
2004 Q1
14,613
4
3
273.7
2003 Q4
11,963
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
13,614
1
1
73.5
2003 Q2
13,472
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
16,355
2
1
122.3
2002 Q4
13,956
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
14,764
1
0
67.7
2002 Q2
13,864
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
14,287
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
11,827
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
7,529
3
0
398.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2005 · 1 incident
April 6, 2005VA · Coalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS EXITING A CAT. HAULER & AS HE WAS COMING DOWN THE STEPS HE MISSED THE LAST STEP.AS HE WAS FALLING HE TRIED TO TURN TO KEEP FROM FALLING ON HIS BACK AND IN DOING SO HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.
June 2, 2003VA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE WAS HOLDING A ROD AGAINST A PIN WHEN ANOTHER EE HIT THE ROD THE HAMMER GLANCED AND HIT THE FIRST EE ON THE TOP OF THE LEFT HAND. EE'S WERE WORKING ON THE ROLLER FRAME OF A CAT. DOZER.
2002 · 3 incidents
August 2, 2002VA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING LOAD HOLES WITH BULK POWDER. THE LAST HOLE HAD BEEN LOADED AND HE WAS EMPTYING THE CHUTE. HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE AUGER INSIDE OF THE CHUTE AS HE WAS EMPTYING IT. AMPUTATION, CUT BOTH INDEX AND MIDLE FINGERS AT MIDDLE JOINTS.
EMPLOYEE HAD ENTERED HIS HAULER AND STARTED THE ENGINE AND AS HE WAS EXITING THE HAULER HE SLIPPED AND FELL APPROXIMATELY SIX FEET TO THE GROUND. APPROXIMATELY 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW HAD MELTED THE DAY BEFORE AND SOME RIAN HAD FALLEN THE NIGHT BEFORE. THE GROUNDS WERE VERY MUDDY AND SLIPPERY. THIS CONDITION CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT.
2001 · 1 incident
November 17, 2001VA · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A 777 CAT HAULER W/A 988B LOADER. HE HAD A LARGE ROCK IN THE LOADER BUCKETAND HE DROPPED THE LOADER BUCKET TOO FAST AND HIT THE HAULER BED. THIS FALL CAUSED A JARRING AFFECT THAT INJURED HIS NECK.