Honaker, Russell County,
VA
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Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406777
Southern Crescent Mine 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
9
Years on record
2001–2004
Latest incident
Nov 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
33
citations
5
significant & substantial
$2,003
proposed penalties
$2,003
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: 895 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Southern Crescent Mine 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
32 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-06-24.
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 Southern Crescent Mine shows 100% of 79 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: 2005-07-26, 21 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
79
samples
1.48
dust max (mg/m3)
34 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 45 by the operator.
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.
Southern Crescent Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005.
Injury rate, 2005
ⓘ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 5.11 and the all-US-mining average was 4.21 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, coal mining averaged 4.71 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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2006
10
2005
11
46,536
2004
15
37,426
2003
0
2001
9
16,662
2000
0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Southern Crescent Mine sits in Russell County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.5% 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.
Russell County, Virginia · Population 25,635
4.5%
Mining share of county employment
$49,020
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
2006 Q1
6,773
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
110
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
6,263
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
10,826
3
0
277.1
2005 Q1
5,693
4
0
702.6
2004 Q4
8,253
10
1
1211.7
2004 Q3
9,166
7
2
763.7
2004 Q2
533
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2003 Q3
0
0
0
2003 Q1
0
0
0
2001 Q4
5,467
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
4,585
9
2
1962.9
2000 Q2
0
0
0
2000 Q1
0
0
0
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
October 23, 2004VA · Coalelectrician, linemanFatality · ELECTRICAL
VICTIM AND TWO EMPLOYEES WHERE IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING OUT SURFACE HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSFORMERS. DURING THE PROCESS THE VICTIM CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE HIGH VOLTAGE CURRENT, RESULTING IN INJURIES INVOLVING BURNS, CUTS AND BRUISES. VICTIM LIVED UNTIL 10/29/04 AT 3:00 P.M.
Reportable incidents
8 on file (excluding fatalities above)
2004 · 2 incidents
November 30, 2004VA · Coalbull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift bossFALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Conducting a pre-shift inspection, the victim was struck on the back by a rock that fell between bolts, injuring ribs and right side of body. Rock measured 3" thick and 12" long.
September 6, 2004VA · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
EE WAS BOLTING TOP IN THE NO. 2 LEFT BREAK OF THE 001 UNIT, HE WAS SETTING HIS STEEL TO DRILL, WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT ON THE STEEL CATCHING HIS LEFT HAND (1" WIDE X 3' LONG X 1" THICK.)
October 6, 2001VA · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)POWERED HAULAGE
EE WAS RIDING ON MANTRIP DOWN INTAKE AIRWAY, WHEN A SMALL PARTICLE OF COAL FELL FROM TOP & GOT INHIS RIGHT EYE. HE WENT TO MED CENT & WAS SENT TO DR. & WAS TREATED. WASHED EYE OUT & CHECKED 2 SMALL SCRATCHES. RELEASED FOR WORK 10-9-01.
EE WAS WALKING ON END LOADER & STEPPED ON LEFT FENDER & SLIPPED AND FELL, SKINNING HIS LEFT SHIN. 1" X 2" SCRAPE. HE WORKED 10/4 - 10/5/01. HE WENT DEER HUNTING 10/6/01 & WORKED 10/8/01. HE WE NT TO DOC 10/8/01 WITH INFECTION IN SCRAPE & RELEASED TO COME BACK TO WORK ON 10/11/01.
OPR HAD PARK 14 CM 3 JOY MINER AND HAD LEFT MINER PAN UP. THE INJURED PERSON HAD HIS FOOT UNDER PAN OF MINER WHILE SETTING BLTS. SOMEONE HAD ACCIDENTAL HIT PAN LEVER LETTING PAN SET DOWN ON MA N FOOT BREAKING ONE BONE IN TIP OF HIS FOOT.