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: 848 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.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-05.
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.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
3citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
38%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $2K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2018-08-29.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at Shop shows 100% of 3 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: 2019-05-30, 7 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
3
samples
0.06
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
ⓘThe excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
3 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
CLEANUP MAN1
MAINTENANCE FOREMAN1
MECHANIC1
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.
Shop recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2021.
Injury rate, 2021
ⓘ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
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.35 and the all-US-mining average was 2.19 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, coal mining averaged 2.84 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
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
6.44
6.44
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2017 *
8.57
0.00
0.000
2016 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2015 *
3.95
3.95
0.000
2014 *
3.95
3.95
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
2026
8
2025
7
2024
8
2023
8
2022
11
2021
14
2020
15
2019
16
2018
22
2017
24
2016
24
2015
24
2014
23
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Shop 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
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2
2,770
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
3,270
1
0
305.8
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
Show 42 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
3,753
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
4,302
0
0
0.0
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
9
2
666.2
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, 2019VA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
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, 2017VA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
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.
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, 2015VA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techOTHER
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.
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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