Mining Incidents

Tarpon #7 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.
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.

MSHA sampling at Tarpon #7 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.61 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 4 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.
0.61
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.88
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-04-26.
Noise
40%
over PEL
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-04-25.
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
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.

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The full compliance file on Tarpon #7

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.