Roaring Fork #1 Strip: 1 MSHA citation
Coal
Appalachia,
Wise County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406925
Roaring Fork #1 Strip has $55 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
- 1998–2000
- Latest incident
- Jun 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
0
significant & substantial
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 62 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Roaring Fork #1 Strip has $55 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
1 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-04-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Roaring Fork #1 Strip shows 100% of 7 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2000-08-31, 25 years ago
4 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 3 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR4
- HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER1
- HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR1
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2000-05-05, 26 years ago
Noise
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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.
Last sampled: 2000-03-29, 26 years ago
Most-sampled occupations
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR1
- HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER1
- HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR1
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Roaring Fork #1 Strip recorded 19.71 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.
Injury rate, 2000
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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.
Above average. The US coal mining average was 7.74 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, coal mining averaged 8.63 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.
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.
Ownership history
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Quality Carbons Inc
1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
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Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
| Year |
Employees |
Coal produced (tons) |
| 2000 |
23 |
171,215 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Roaring Fork #1 Strip sits in Wise County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.9% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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
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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 |
| 2000 Q4 |
4,348 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 |
13,715 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 |
17,020 |
1 |
0 |
58.8 |
| 2000 Q1 |
15,665 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
11 on file
2000 · 5 incidents
June 5, 2000
VA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quality Carbons Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WAS INSTALLING TRAN. IN LOADER. WHILE USING WOGGLE SOCKET AND EXTENDION ON AIR GUN. SOCKET CAME OFF OF BOLT AND HIT IFNGER CUTTING IT ON RIGHT HAND.
Quality Carbons Inc · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE STEPPED OUT OF THE SERVICE TRUCK CAB ON A LOADER WHICH HAD BEEN WORKING ON. WHEN HE EXITED THE CAB OF THE TRUCK HE STEPPED ON A ROCK THAT HAD TURNED UNDER HIS FOOT CAUSING PAIN AND IN JURY TO HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
Quality Carbons Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EE WAS WALKING TO HIS BLASTING TRUCK AFTER CHECKING A SHOT FOR BLASTING. HE STEPPED ON A ROCK THAT TURNED UNDER HIS FOOT CAUSING HIM TO FALL. THE EE REPORTED TO ME HE HAD INJURED HIS RIGHT FOO T. HE WAS THEN TAKEN FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION.
Quality Carbons Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
STEPPED ON A ROCK AND FELL HITTING A PIECE OF METAL. RIGHT FOOR WENT UNDER THE EDGE OF SOME METAL.
Quality Carbons Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EE WAS PULLING FUEL HOSE FROM REEL TO FUEL EQUIPMENT. HE STATED THE REEL STUCK CAUSING IT TO PULL ON HIS ARM AND SHOULDER, CAUSING PAIN IN THOSE AREAS. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON 2/23/00, WAS NO T REPORTED UNTIL AFTER HE RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 2/28/00.
1999 · 4 incidents
December 8, 1999
VA · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Quality Carbons Inc · Fall from machine
EE WAS EXISTING HIS HAULER, WHEN HE MISSED THE BOTTON STEP AND STRAINED HIS KNEE. HE REPORTED THE STEP WAS BENT, THE STEP HAS BEEN BENT OUT MORE TO PREVENT ANOTHER ACCIDENT.
November 4, 1999
VA · Coal
blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey
OTHER
Quality Carbons Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS ASSISTING THE BLASTER IN LOADING SHOT, HEHAD BEEN LIFTING WET HOLE BAGS & SH0VELING WHEN HE EXPERIENCED CHEST PAINS
June 10, 1999
VA · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Quality Carbons Inc · Struck against a moving object
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING COAL TRUCK. AS IT CAME AROUND A CORNER, TRUCK CAME TO CLOSE TO EDGE. TRUCK RAN OFF THE EDGE OF THE COAL SEAM WHICH WAS ABOUT 18" HIGH, TURNING THE TRUCK OVER ON IT'S SIDE.
Quality Carbons Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
RAMED INTO PIPE & SNAPPED HEAD BACK
1998 · 2 incidents
Quality Carbons Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
GRINDING METAL. GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN LEFT EYEHE DID HAVE FACE SHIELD ON.
Quality Carbons Inc · Struck against stationary object
EE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON THE MIRROR BRACKET ON 992SLOADER. EE WAS INSPECTING THE MAHCINE FOR REPAIRS WHILE CLIMBING ACROSS THE MAHCINE HE BUMPED HIS HEAD. HE STATED THAT HE WAS HAVING PAINS IN HI S HEAD & NECK AREA FROM THE INCIDENT