Orchard Coal Company Incorporated · Struck against a moving object
EE WAS DUMPING LOAD OF COAL WHEN TRUCK ROLLED OVER ON ITS SIDE.
Orchard Loadout Coal
Tams Management, Inc
· Facility
Controlled by
James C Justice III
Crab Orchard,
Raleigh County,
WV
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4604734
Orchard Loadout has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 9 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1995–2002
- Latest incident
- Apr 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
128
citations
16
significant & substantial
$23,528
proposed penalties
$16,535
paid to date
70% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,993 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
53
inspections on record
1,112
inspection hours
11.5
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.128 citations across 1,112 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Orchard Loadout has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 9 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$24K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
119 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Orchard Loadout shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.17 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 23 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.0.17
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.87
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
23
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-04-16.
Silica (quartz)
0.3
silica avg (%)
0.3
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2022-04-12.
Noise
0%
over PEL
19
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-03-26.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 3,765 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 680 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q2 | 1,620 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 127 | 3 | 0 | 23622.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 2,162 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 2,072 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 1,693 | 14 | 0 | 8269.3 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Q1 | 1,377 | 2 | 0 | 1452.4 |
| 2018 Q3 | 1,321 | 5 | 2 | 3785.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 2,160 | 6 | 0 | 2777.8 |
| 2017 Q4 | 2,096 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 1,358 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q1 | 2,071 | 8 | 0 | 3862.9 |
| 2016 Q4 | 3,552 | 11 | 1 | 3096.8 |
| 2016 Q3 | 1,780 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 1,534 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 1,124 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 1,440 | 8 | 3 | 5555.6 |
| 2003 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q2 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q3 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 342 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2002 · 1 incident
1995 · 1 incident
September 15, 1995
WV · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pocahontas Coal Sales Inc · Fall from machine
SLIPPED OFF FUEL TANK, HIT RIGHT RIB AND BACK.
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