Mining Incidents

Shop Coal

Controlled by William D Humphreys
Norton, Wise County, VA  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 4407319

Shop has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2014–2019
Latest incident
Feb 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
72
citations
30
significant & substantial
$14,552
proposed penalties
$13,431
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,121 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
28
inspections on record
832
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: 832 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Shop has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
72 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Shop shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.04 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 3 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.
0.04
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.06
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-05-30.
Noise
0%
over PEL
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-05-30.
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
2025 Q4 2,627 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,126 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,105 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,723 1 1 268.6
2024 Q4 3,153 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,902 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,753 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,302 0 0 0.0
Show 40 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 3,484 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,143 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,675 2 1 544.2
2023 Q1 4,308 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,329 4 2 924.0
2022 Q3 5,196 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,369 1 1 186.3
2022 Q1 4,478 4 0 893.3
2021 Q4 6,241 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 6,010 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 7,657 1 0 130.6
2021 Q1 6,345 1 0 157.6
2020 Q4 5,405 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 6,377 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 7,889 1 0 126.8
2020 Q1 6,819 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 7,977 2 0 250.7
2019 Q3 6,953 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 8,734 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 7,391 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 10,414 1 0 96.0
2018 Q3 9,259 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 12,326 7 3 567.9
2018 Q1 10,159 1 1 98.4
2017 Q4 12,345 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 10,387 5 2 481.4
2017 Q2 12,664 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 11,280 11 9 975.2
2016 Q4 12,765 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 12,801 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 11,379 1 0 87.9
2016 Q1 11,502 5 3 434.7
2015 Q4 12,696 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 12,853 2 0 155.6
2015 Q2 11,613 2 0 172.2
2015 Q1 13,509 10 3 740.2
2014 Q4 12,413 1 1 80.6
2014 Q3 13,409 3 2 223.7
2014 Q2 11,590 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 13,203 5 1 378.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2019 · 1 incident

February 6, 2019 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Red River Coal Company, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee lifted a mounted truck tire off of stack of tires when employee felt pain in the low back/left hip area. Continued to work. Went to specialist on 3/20/19 to have checked due to continuing pain. Was put in physical therapy and on light duty work at this time, thus being reportable.

2017 · 2 incidents

February 27, 2017 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Red River Coal Company, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Employee stated that EE was using a cut off wheel to cut off a section of an exhaust pipe. The wheel broke causing a piece of the wheel to fly off and strike the employee's chin. No lost time incurred but reportable due to requiring sutures.

February 9, 2017 VA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler OTHER
Red River Coal Company, Inc. · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stated was servicing a coal loader. Squatted down onto knees to change the engine air filter. When employee did, felt a pop in right knee resulting in pain in right knee. Went to doctor to get checked out. Was put on restricted work duty.

2015 · 1 incident

January 31, 2015 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Red River Coal Company, Inc. · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stated that he was working in the shop putting a seat in a coal loader. He squatted down to put in bolts and when he tried to get up, he felt severe pain in his left knee. Checked by doctor on 02/11/2015 due to persistent pain and only became reportable on 02/20/2015 when he missed his first shift of work.

2014 · 1 incident

August 29, 2014 VA · Coal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Red River Coal Company, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee stated that he was at the shop to wash his truck. He grabbed the hose and was backing up when he stumbled/fell over a drive line laying on the floor. Fell backwards landing on right shoulder. Did not go to doctor until 9/26/14 due to recurring pain. Tendon pulled in right shoulder. Lost time starting on 10/17/14 due to surgery on shoulder, thus reportable.

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The full compliance file on Shop

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.