Mining Incidents

Strip #26 Coal

Controlled by James C Justice III
Norton, Wise County, VA  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4407276

Strip #26 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $270 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2012
Latest incident
Jun 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
20
citations
6
significant & substantial
$4,707
proposed penalties
$3,333
paid to date
71% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,374 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
21
inspections on record
308
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: 308 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 #26 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $270 outstanding across 3 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$270
outstanding
20 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-08-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Strip #26 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.07 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 27 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.
0.07
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.52
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
27
samples
Most recent sample: 2020-01-08.
Noise
0%
over PEL
22
samples
Most recent sample: 2020-01-08.
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
2019 Q4 1,560 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,680 1 0 595.2
2017 Q1 660 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 490 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 485 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,120 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 980 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,034 0 0 0.0
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 953 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 215 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 84 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 211 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q3 1,436 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 25,497 8 3 313.8
2013 Q1 17,969 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 7,061 6 1 849.7
2012 Q3 3,748 4 2 1067.2
2012 Q2 12,534 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2012 · 1 incident

June 21, 2012 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
A&G Coal Corporation · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was extracting a bearing out of the hardbar on a 475 Komatsu Dozer using a hammer. The bearing released, twisted, and caught the employees right hand causing a laceration requiring six stitches.

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The full compliance file on Strip #26

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.