Mining Incidents

Strip #24 Coal

Controlled by James C Justice III
Appalachia, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407246

Strip #24 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2009
Latest incident
Oct 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
16
citations
2
significant & substantial
$2,917
proposed penalties
$2,917
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
19
inspections on record
349
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: 349 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Strip #24 has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-11-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Strip #24 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.11 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 28 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.
0.11
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.80
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
28
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-11-15.
Silica (quartz)
32.9
silica avg (%)
37.7
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-02-27.
Noise
0%
over PEL
15
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-11-09.
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
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 3,227 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 27,219 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 18,863 2 0 106.0
2010 Q3 20,407 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 24,292 5 1 205.8
2010 Q1 18,681 3 1 160.6
2009 Q4 47,509 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 39,617 3 0 75.7
2009 Q2 30,479 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 21,267 3 0 141.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2009 · 2 incidents

October 20, 2009 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
A & G Coal Corporation · Struck against a moving object

EE felt sick with back / side hurting and decided to go to the doctor. Did not inform the Foreman that he had an accident. Foreman thought he was sick.

July 15, 2009 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A & G Coal Corporation · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee said he hurt his back sometime during the shift while doing his maintenance work.

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The full compliance file on Strip #24

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.