Mining Incidents

Pearly Br Coal

The Black Diamond Company · Underground
Controlled by Metinvest B V
Grundy, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405444

Pearly Br has $3K 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
11
Years on record
1994–2001
Latest incident
Jan 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
47
citations
13
significant & substantial
$3,196
proposed penalties
$3,196
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
43
inspections on record
665
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: 665 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Pearly Br has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
46 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-02-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Pearly Br shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.55 mg/m3 (97% compliant) across 103 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.
0.55
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.02
dust max (mg/m3)
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
103
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-02-27.
Silica (quartz)
8.2
silica avg (%)
16.5
silica max (%)
24
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-01-02.
Noise
38%
over PEL
8
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-09-05.
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
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 1 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 5,493 9 2 1638.4
2000 Q4 6,655 4 1 601.1
2000 Q3 13,616 14 5 1028.2
2000 Q2 13,956 13 4 931.5
Show 1 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q1 5,701 5 1 877.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2001 · 1 incident

January 1, 2001 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Nufac Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROCK FALL WAS DISCOVERED BY THE PRESHIFT EXAMINER IN THE #1 HEADING. THE HEADING WAS APPROX 30FT INBY THE CORNER. THE BOLTING MACHINE WAS IN THE LAST OPEN BREAK OUTBY THE #1 HEADING. THE ROC K FALL CAUGHT THE FRONT END OF THE BLTER T

2000 · 3 incidents

August 31, 2000 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Nufac Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE NUMBER FIVE ENTRY & HAD FINISHED LOADING HIS SHUTTLE CAR. WHEN HE TURNED AROUND TO CHANGE SEATS THE SHUTTLE CAR ROLLED & CAUGHT HIS FOOT BETWEEN THE CAR FRAME & RIB.

June 9, 2000 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Nufac Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

AN ACCIDENTAL HOLE THROUGH MEASURING 1.5 BY 3.5 ' WAS DISCOVERED BY THE PRE-SHIFT MINE EXAMINER.THE AFFECTED AREA HAS BEEN SEALED AND RETREAT MINING HAS BEGUN.

May 29, 2000 VA · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator POWERED HAULAGE
Nufac Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS INJURED WHEN HIS HEAD CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE MINE ROOF WHILE OPERATING A SCOOP ON THE OO1 SECTION; HE STATED HE FELT A NUMBNESS & TINGLING SENSATION THE NEXT MORNING. HE WENT TO ER WHERE A CAT SCAN WAS PERFORMED; RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE. HE RETURNED TO WORK THE FOLLOWING DAY

1997 · 1 incident

July 23, 1997 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H O M Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

THE MINER HELPER WAS PULLING UP SLACK ON MINER CABLE WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

1996 · 1 incident

1995 · 3 incidents

June 22, 1995 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
H O M Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR, A PIECE OF ROCH FELL OFF OF THE OTHER SHUTTLE CAR IN HAULWAY INJURED EMPLOYEE RAN OVER ROCK AND JARRED EMPLOYEE HURTING HIS BACK.

1994 · 2 incidents

November 23, 1994 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
H O M Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE INJURED WAS CUTTING UP ON THE ROCK WHEN THE RIPPERS CUT THRU THE CONTINOUS MINER, JERKED UP CAUSING THE INJURED PERESON TO HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST CANOPY TOP. BY DOING SO IT JAMMED HIS HEAD I NTO TOP OF CANOPY.

July 26, 1994 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H O M Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

THE INJURED SLIPPED ON SCOOP FRAME CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS LEFT KNEE, BRUISING IT.

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