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Tarpon #7: 5 MSHA citations Coal

Controlled by Garry W Carroll
Haysi, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406983

Tarpon #7 has $514 in proposed MSHA penalties and $514 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2000
Latest incident
Aug 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
5
citations
3
significant & substantial
$514
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $514 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Garry Carroll Trucking Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
5
inspections on record
121
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: 121 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Tarpon #7 has $514 in proposed MSHA penalties and $514 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.
$514
proposed penalties
$514
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$514
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-04-30.
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.
60.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
60.0%
reasonably likely or greater
40.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Tarpon #7 shows 100% of 4 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: 2000-04-26, 26 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
4
samples
0.88
dust max (mg/m3)
4 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR1
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER1
  • HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR1

Noise
ⓘ The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.

Last sampled: 2000-04-25, 26 years ago
40%
over PEL
5
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • BLASTER/SHOOTER/SHOTFIRER1
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR1
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER1
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Tarpon #7 recorded 33.24 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.

Injury rate, 2000
ⓘ 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.
33.24
total case rate
26.59
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 7.74 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, coal mining averaged 8.63 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.
Ownership history
  1. Garry Carroll Trucking Inc 2000 to present
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)
2000 18 57,559
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Tarpon #7 sits in Dickenson County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 9.8% 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.
Dickenson County, Virginia · Population 13,920
9.8%
Mining share of county employment
$43,831
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
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 12,842 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 16,382 5 3 305.2
2000 Q1 858 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2000 · 5 incidents

August 30, 2000 VA · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Garry Carroll Trucking Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE SAID HE HAD BACK PAIN AFTER LOADER WAS PUTTING ROCK ON 777A HAULER. HE WAS DRIVING, HAS HAD PREVIOUS BACK INJURY.

August 25, 2000 VA · Coal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Garry Carroll Trucking Inc · Fall from machine

EE SAID HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF THE HAULER WHEN THE CORD ON HIS CAP LIGHT HUNG ON THE HAND RAIL CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE BUMPER.

August 9, 2000 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Garry Carroll Trucking Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE ASKED TO CARRY A PIECE OF METAL TO THE WELDER. INJURED TRIED TO CARRY IT BY HIMSELF AND HE DROPPED IT ABOUT HALF WAY TO THE WELDER AND SAID HE HAD HURT HIS BACK.

June 8, 2000 VA · Coal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Garry Carroll Trucking Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE SAID HIS BACK STARTED HURTING HIM AROUND 10;00 AM HE SAID HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT UNLESS HE HURT HIS BACK CLIMBING ON THE HAULER.

April 12, 2000 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Garry Carroll Trucking Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS CLEANING THE BATTERY TERMINALS ON THE D-10 DOZER. HE WAS USING A WIRE BRUSH TO CLEAN THE TERMINALS CAUSING A PIECE OF CORRISION TO FLY AND HIT HIM IN THE LEFT EYE.