Mining Incidents

No. 2 Coal

Mattie Boo, LLC. · Surface
Controlled by David Powers
Richlands, Tazewell County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407023

No. 2 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $144 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2001–2005
Latest incident
Apr 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
38
citations
14
significant & substantial
$2,968
proposed penalties
$2,824
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $144 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
29
inspections on record
514
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: 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.

MSHA sampling at No. 2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.19 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 51 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.
0.19
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.83
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
51
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-05-03.
Silica (quartz)
24.3
silica avg (%)
29.6
silica max (%)
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-05-10.
Noise
0%
over PEL
24
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-11-22.
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 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 5 2 265.4
Show 13 earlier quarters
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 7 5 479.0
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 3 1 183.4
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 2 0 140.0
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, 2005 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mattie Boo, LLC. · Struck against stationary object

Employee was boarding his hauler and as he reached to get hold of the ladder railing he hit his little finger on the railing.

2003 · 2 incidents

October 10, 2003 VA · Coal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Access Coal Company · Fall from machine

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, 2003 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Access Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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, 2002 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Access Coal Company · Fall from machine

EE WAS HELPING CHANGE OUT A MUFFLER OUT ON A 988 CATAPILLAR LOADER. HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL APPROX. 8 TO 10 FEET TO THE GROUND.

July 22, 2002 VA · Coal drill helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Access Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

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.

January 11, 2002 VA · Coal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Access Coal Company · Fall from machine

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, 2001 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Access Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

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.

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The full compliance file on No. 2

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.