Mining Incidents

No. 3 Mine Coal

Controlled by Cecil Nichols
Nora, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406939

No. 3 Mine has $63K 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
5
Years on record
2002–2005
Latest incident
Mar 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
379
citations
199
significant & substantial
$62,962
proposed penalties
$62,962
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
92
inspections on record
2,750
inspection hours
13.8
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.
379 citations across 2,750 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No. 3 Mine has $63K 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.
$63K
proposed penalties
$63K
current assessed
$63K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
369 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-02-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No. 3 Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.40 mg/m3 (96% compliant) across 400 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.
0.40
dust avg (mg/m3)
6.36
dust max (mg/m3)
96%
within 1.5 mg/m3
400
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-11-15.
Silica (quartz)
7.4
silica avg (%)
20.4
silica max (%)
25
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-03-02.
Noise
0%
over PEL
23
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-12-08.
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
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 3,110 1 0 321.5
2006 Q4 5,365 13 5 2423.1
2006 Q3 5,758 5 2 868.4
2006 Q2 5,595 29 19 5183.2
2006 Q1 4,656 30 19 6443.3
2005 Q4 4,263 28 14 6568.1
2005 Q3 5,202 34 18 6535.9
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q2 4,619 21 10 4546.4
2005 Q1 4,151 21 11 5059.0
2004 Q4 4,136 20 8 4835.6
2004 Q3 3,562 15 7 4211.1
2004 Q2 3,139 19 11 6052.9
2004 Q1 3,664 17 13 4639.7
2003 Q4 3,870 19 11 4909.6
2003 Q3 4,092 13 6 3176.9
2003 Q1 3,606 12 6 3327.8
2002 Q4 4,983 9 3 1806.1
2002 Q3 5,656 16 7 2828.9
2002 Q2 2,915 10 3 3430.5
2002 Q1 1,972 13 4 6592.3
2001 Q4 833 5 2 6002.4
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 5,035 6 3 1191.7
2000 Q1 1,346 4 3 2971.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2005 · 1 incident

March 25, 2005 VA · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Apple Jacks Coal Company, Inc. · Contact with hot objects or substances

Ee was atempting to remove dust from inside of an electric motor, by using oregen to blow it out. The dust and oxegon mixture ignited, burning his right arm from elbow to his wrist.

2004 · 2 incidents

January 26, 2004 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Apple Jacks Coal Company, Inc. · Struck by falling object

CANOPY'S WERE BEING USED IN 42" TO 45" COAL SEAM WHEN CANOPY STRUCK ROOF CAUSING IT TO DISLODGE AND FALL ON S/CAR OPERATOR.

2003 · 1 incident

January 21, 2003 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING RIPPER MOTOR OFF OF MINER. RIPPER MOTOR RELL ON HIS RIGHT HAND MASHING HIS FINGERS.

2002 · 1 incident

October 23, 2002 VA · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Apple Jacks Coal Company, Inc. · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS FLUSHING MOTOR ON 14CMS JOY MINER, WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY INHALED FUMES FROM MURATIC ACID CAUSING HIM TO HAVE BREATHING DIFFUCULTY

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The full compliance file on No. 3 Mine

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.