Mining Incidents

No 3 Coal

Cove Coal Co., Inc. · Underground
Dante, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405331

No 3 has $48K in proposed MSHA penalties and $47K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2002–2004
Latest incident
Jun 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
214
citations
90
significant & substantial
$48,132
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $48,132 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
60
inspections on record
1,585
inspection hours
13.5
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.
214 citations across 1,585 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No 3 has $48K in proposed MSHA penalties and $47K outstanding across 2 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.
$48K
proposed penalties
$47K
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$47K
outstanding
209 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-08-31.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No 3 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.80 mg/m3 (87% compliant) across 134 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.
0.80
dust avg (mg/m3)
14.37
dust max (mg/m3)
87%
within 1.5 mg/m3
134
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-12-05.
Silica (quartz)
13.9
silica avg (%)
28.5
silica max (%)
13
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-09-15.
Noise
0%
over PEL
11
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-09-10.
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
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 0 19 8
2004 Q2 10 21 3 2100000.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 1,675 9 5 5373.1
2003 Q3 3,632 22 11 6057.3
2003 Q2 4,407 14 3 3176.8
2003 Q1 7,957 41 25 5152.7
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q4 5,878 15 9 2551.9
2002 Q3 4,774 24 10 5027.2
2002 Q2 5,321 31 9 5826.0
2002 Q1 7,082 10 4 1412.0
2001 Q4 4,630 8 3 1727.9
2001 Q3 3,329 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,282 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2004 · 2 incidents

June 21, 2004 VA · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cove Coal Co., Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

FILLING BATTERIES ON SMALL THREE-WHEEL MANTRIP, HE STARTED FOR MORE WATER WHEN MANTRIP STARTED IN REVERSE. HIGH TRAM TRAPPED HIM BETWEEN TOP AND TOP OF MANTRIP AND ROLLED HIM IN TOP.

2003 · 3 incidents

October 29, 2003 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Cove Coal Co., Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS IN SQUATTING POSITION INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS AND DROPPED BOOM ON KNEE.

September 16, 2003 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cove Coal Co., Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE PICKED UP A CAN OF OIL AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

March 31, 2003 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Cove Coal Co., Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL ON 001-0 SECTION 70 FEET TO THE RIGHT OF SURVEY STATION 870. ENTRAPPED THE MINER. IT WAS AN UNDETECTED SLIP.

2002 · 1 incident

November 19, 2002 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Cove Coal Co., Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RUNNING ROOF BOLTING MACHINE PUT LEFT HAND ON BOOM OF MACHINE AND LET ATRS DOWN ON HAND.

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