Omega Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries
Fire was set and belt burned.
The Banner Mine Coal
Omega Mining Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
(Harold) Lynn Keene; Larry Stinson
Honaker,
Russell County,
VA
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4407183
The Banner Mine has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2007
- Latest incident
- Jan 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
127
citations
29
significant & substantial
$17,556
proposed penalties
$16,972
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $584 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
33
inspections on record
1,241
inspection hours
10.2
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.127 citations across 1,241 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
The Banner Mine has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$18K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
125 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-05-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at The Banner Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 1.03 mg/m3 (81% compliant) across 84 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.1.03
dust avg (mg/m3)
7.16
dust max (mg/m3)
81%
within 1.5 mg/m3
84
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-12-08.
Silica (quartz)
5.5
silica avg (%)
7.3
silica max (%)
7
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-11-04.
Noise
7%
over PEL
14
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-11-19.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q1 | 488 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 8,597 | 16 | 1 | 1861.1 |
| 2008 Q3 | 9,074 | 16 | 7 | 1763.3 |
| 2008 Q2 | 10,955 | 12 | 2 | 1095.4 |
| 2008 Q1 | 7,407 | 21 | 4 | 2835.2 |
| 2007 Q4 | 7,008 | 26 | 6 | 3710.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Q3 | 2,826 | 7 | 0 | 2477.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 5,250 | 16 | 5 | 3047.6 |
| 2007 Q1 | 3,651 | 12 | 4 | 3286.8 |
| 2006 Q4 | 576 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2007 · 1 incident
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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.