Mining Incidents

Solid Fuels LLC Coal

Controlled by Progress Energy Inc
St. Charles, Lee County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406978

Solid Fuels LLC has $731 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
1
Years on record
2000
Latest incident
Jul 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
4
citations
2
significant & substantial
$731
proposed penalties
$703
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $28 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
31
inspections on record
335
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: 335 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Solid Fuels LLC has $731 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.
$731
proposed penalties
$703
current assessed
$703
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-05-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Solid Fuels LLC shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.24 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 22 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.
0.24
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.63
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
22
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-10-04.
Noise
0%
over PEL
14
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-10-11.
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
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 6,760 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 12,434 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 8,766 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,292 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,080 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,517 1 0 153.4
2004 Q1 11,323 0 0 0.0
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q4 13,154 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 12,563 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 12,177 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 12,754 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 10,645 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 12,578 1 0 79.5
2002 Q2 13,678 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 11,556 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 10,550 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 10,964 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 11,228 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 10,912 2 2 183.3
2000 Q4 10,050 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 11,026 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 9,921 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 8,584 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2000 · 1 incident

July 11, 2000 VA · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Powell Mountain Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TIGHTENING A STRAP ON A TRUCK WHEN THE STRAP CAME LOOSE AND THE HOOK ON THE END OF THE STRAP STRUCK HIM ON THE CHIN, CUTTING HIS CHIN AND REQUIRING 6 STITCHES.

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