Mining Incidents

No 9 Coal

Bristol Coal Corp · Underground
Bee, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4407159

No 9 has $180K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 25 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2008–2014
Latest incident
Apr 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
580
citations
168
significant & substantial
$180,400
proposed penalties
$164,271
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $16,129 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
131
inspections on record
5,772
inspection hours
10.0
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.
580 citations across 5,772 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No 9 has $180K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 25 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.
$180K
proposed penalties
$164K
current assessed
$164K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
569 assessments are final orders; 25 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-11-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No 9 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.61 mg/m3 (92% compliant) across 645 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.
0.61
dust avg (mg/m3)
6.35
dust max (mg/m3)
92%
within 1.5 mg/m3
645
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-11-10.
Silica (quartz)
4.4
silica avg (%)
9.2
silica max (%)
27
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-11-18.
Noise
7%
over PEL
73
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-11-13.
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
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 4,500 5 2 1111.1
2015 Q3 7,133 11 5 1542.1
2015 Q2 7,412 19 6 2563.4
2015 Q1 7,456 13 2 1743.6
2014 Q4 7,914 7 2 884.5
Show 35 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q3 7,942 3 0 377.7
2014 Q2 7,973 4 1 501.7
2014 Q1 7,957 23 5 2890.5
2013 Q4 7,956 28 8 3519.4
2013 Q3 7,435 21 8 2824.5
2013 Q2 8,021 28 8 3490.8
2013 Q1 8,078 12 2 1485.5
2012 Q4 8,000 14 5 1750.0
2012 Q3 7,257 21 3 2893.8
2012 Q2 8,152 18 6 2208.0
2012 Q1 8,484 11 1 1296.6
2011 Q4 8,516 14 7 1644.0
2011 Q3 8,286 13 3 1568.9
2011 Q2 8,566 13 2 1517.6
2011 Q1 8,056 12 4 1489.6
2010 Q4 7,490 19 6 2536.7
2010 Q3 7,668 22 8 2869.1
2010 Q2 9,393 31 10 3300.3
2010 Q1 8,550 15 5 1754.4
2009 Q4 10,416 13 4 1248.1
2009 Q3 8,961 13 2 1450.7
2009 Q2 9,351 6 0 641.6
2009 Q1 9,739 22 6 2259.0
2008 Q4 11,219 11 1 980.5
2008 Q3 10,792 2 0 185.3
2008 Q2 10,419 7 3 671.8
2008 Q1 11,791 17 10 1441.8
2007 Q4 11,877 13 4 1094.6
2007 Q3 12,058 7 3 580.5
2007 Q2 11,071 29 10 2619.5
2007 Q1 7,011 30 7 4279.0
2006 Q4 6,456 14 6 2168.5
2006 Q3 5,805 14 2 2411.7
2006 Q2 0 5 1
2006 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2014 · 1 incident

April 29, 2014 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bristol Coal Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

While walking from vehicle to mine office, blacked out and fell to the ground.

2012 · 1 incident

2011 · 1 incident

October 5, 2011 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bristol Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

Loose draw rock struck the miner, resulting in a broken shoulder.

2010 · 6 incidents

May 25, 2010 VA · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bristol Coal Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

The victim stood up quickly got dizzy and fell striking his face on the ground.

April 30, 2010 VA · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bristol Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

The victim was cleaning with scoop when he hit a set timber knocking it out and the coal rib struck him on the head.

March 12, 2010 VA · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Bristol Coal Corp · Struck by rolling or sliding object

The victim was rockdusting the rib in the face of #5 heading when rib rolled striking him on his lower right leg.

March 5, 2010 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bristol Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

The roof fall occurred in an outby area approx 3,000 feet outby section in an abandoned area of the mine. The fall will not be cleaned up.

January 7, 2010 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bristol Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

While installing a roof bolt a piece of draw rock fell striking the victim on his left hip.

2009 · 3 incidents

September 18, 2009 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bristol Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

This fall occurred in a faulty area of the mine which already had additional installed the fall will not be cleared up. And section has been moved to a now location.

August 12, 2009 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bristol Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

This was a rock fall on the intake No.6 entry. The fall measured 18'x50'x10'. The fall will not be cleaned up and did not effect escape way or airways.

May 26, 2009 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bristol Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall occurred in the #7 intake entry approx 350' outby the working section. Measured 20 X 50 X 8. The fall was timbered off and will not be cleaned up. No equipment or personel were involved.

2008 · 1 incident

January 14, 2008 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bristol Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

While preparing to begin bolting, a rock fell from mine roof striking the victim on his right shoulder and arm.

For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants

The full compliance file on No 9

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.