Hurley, Buchanan County,
VA
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Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4407211
Splashdam Mine has $112K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11K outstanding across 27 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2009–2015
Latest incident
Aug 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
458
citations
125
significant & substantial
$111,855
proposed penalties
$80,789
paid to date
72% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $31,066 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
101
inspections on record
5,037
inspection hours
9.1
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.
458 citations across 5,037 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Splashdam Mine has $112K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11K outstanding across 27 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.
$112K
proposed penalties
$92K
current assessed
$81K
paid to date
$11K
outstanding
453 assessments are final orders; 27 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-08-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Splashdam Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.45 mg/m3 (98% compliant) across 524 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.
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
Found roof fall in the no. 1 entry approx. 400 ft from the face. Fall occurred in the intersection. 20 ft wide, 20 ft long, 6 ft thick. This is active non-producing status. No coal being produced at this mine. No one was in the mine when the fall occurred.
2012 · 2 incidents
September 19, 2012VA · Coalbull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift bossPOWERED HAULAGE
Cedar Creek Coal LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was standing near slack in trailing cable of shuttle car, when operator started car the cable repositioned tripping employee.
July 10, 2012VA · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
While re-positioning continuous miner ee & another ee was untangling miner cable ee was pulling on the rope that is used to pull the miner cable. EE told other ee he hurt his back.
2010 · 1 incident
January 14, 2010VA · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Replacing bearing on feeder. Victim hit chisel with hammer causing chisel to come out and hit victim in mouth.
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