Mining Incidents

Tipple 1 & 2 Coal

R & R Enterprises Inc · Facility
Controlled by Samuel Ring
Norton, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405979

Tipple 1 & 2 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
53
citations
27
significant & substantial
$4,779
proposed penalties
$2,030
paid to date
42% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,749 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
39
inspections on record
433
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: 433 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Tipple 1 & 2 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
53 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-12-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Tipple 1 & 2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.23 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 20 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.
0.23
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.73
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
20
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-10-29.
Noise
8%
over PEL
12
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-10-29.
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
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q3 840 5 5 5952.4
2003 Q2 1,560 10 5 6410.3
2003 Q1 1,600 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,600 1 0 384.6
2002 Q3 2,600 6 1 2307.7
2002 Q2 2,600 0 0 0.0
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q1 3,120 2 0 641.0
2001 Q4 3,640 3 2 824.2
2001 Q3 840 14 8 16666.7
2001 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,120 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,120 2 2 641.0
2000 Q2 920 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 2 0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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The full compliance file on Tipple 1 & 2

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