Preparation Plant #1 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
35
Years on record
1985–1997
Latest incident
Sep 1997
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
24
citations
7
significant & substantial
$2,320
proposed penalties
$2,320
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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: 242 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Preparation Plant #1 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-06-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Preparation Plant #1 shows 100% of 18 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2011-06-27, 15 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
18
samples
0.59
dust max (mg/m3)
18 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER4
REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE3
TIPPLE OPERATOR3
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
Preparation Plant #1 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2011.
Injury rate, 2011
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.83 and the all-US-mining average was 3.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, coal mining averaged 3.41 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2011 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2012
2
2011
12
2010
5
2009
2
2000
15
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Preparation Plant #1 sits in Wise County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.9% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Wise County, Virginia · Population 35,727
5.9%
Mining share of county employment
$50,740
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
THE VICTIM WAS COLLECTING A RAW COAL SAMPLE FROM THE TRUCK DUMPING FACILITY WHEN HE FELL INTO THE HOPPER AND STARTED TO GO THROUGH THE HOPPER. THE VICTIM WAS SUFFOCATED BY THE COAL IN THE HOPP ER.
Reportable incidents
34 on file (excluding fatalities above)
1997 · 1 incident
September 19, 1997VA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING BESIDE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHO WAS HAMMERING ON A MOTOR PULLY WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF AND WENT IN EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT EYE.
HIT ROCK ON HAUL ROAD. BROKE OIL PAN LOST OIL NAND ENGINE BRAKE. DRIVER PANICKED AND JUMPED OTU OF TRUCK SUSTAINED CONCUSSION, DISLOCATED SHOULDER AND SPRAINED BOTH ANKLES.
May 4, 1993VA · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WET AND MUDDY CONDITIONS. EMPOLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO CLIMB UP AND INTO 773 B HAULER, WITH DINNER BUCKET. STEPS WERE WET AND BOOTS HAD MUD ON SOLES. HAND SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE TURNED HITTING SID E AGAINST BUMPER ON HAULER, RESULTING IN TWO BROKE RIBS AND ONE CRACKED RIB.
March 19, 1993VA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techPOWERED HAULAGE
CLEANING SHOP BUILDING. MOVING METAL PLATE THAT GOES ON CMI DRYER. MOVING PLATE BY FORK LIFT AND FINGERS GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN PLATE AND FORKS, WHILE TRYING TO BALANCE PLATE ON FORKS.
1992 · 3 incidents
June 27, 1992VA · Coalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
RAW COAL CRUSHER STOPPED RUNNING AND INJURED WAS IN PROCESS OF REPAIRING CRUSHER,WHEN COAL SLIPPED FROM RAW COAL HOPPER AND HIT SHOULDER IN FOREHEAD.CRUSHER IS LOCATED BELOW RAW COAL HOPPER.
REMOVING ROLLER FROM BELT PRESS FOR REPAIR,INJURED PUT ROLLER ON DOLLY FOR TRANSPORTATION IN WHICH ROLLER FELL FROM DOLLY ONTO FOOT CAUSING INJURY.
April 7, 1990VA · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorIGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO RESTART FIRE IN COAL FURANACE, IN WHICH EMPLOYEE THREW KEROSENE ON SMOLDER FIRE RESULTING IN MINOR EXPLOSION, WHICH CAUSED FLAME TO SHOOT OUT AND BURN ARM, HAND AND FACE .
1989 · 4 incidents
August 7, 1989VA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS