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Tipple #2 Coal

Hills Fuel Company · Facility
Controlled by Horace Garrison Hill
Appalachia, Wise County, VA  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 4405201

Tipple #2 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Feb 1988
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
53
citations
12
significant & substantial
$5,061
proposed penalties
$5,001
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $60 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
63
inspections on record
676
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: 676 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 #2 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 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
$5K
paid to date
$60
outstanding
53 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-09-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at Tipple #2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.07 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 18 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)
0.22
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
18
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-05-19.
Noise
0%
over PEL
14
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-12-15.
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
2025 Q4 26 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 39 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 26 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 52 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 52 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 52 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 26 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 52 0 0 0.0
Show 77 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 52 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 52 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 78 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 72 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 72 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 65 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 78 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 52 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 104 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 78 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 52 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 26 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 26 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 26 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 26 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 15 1 0 66666.7
2019 Q2 52 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 52 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 39 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 89 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 104 2 1 19230.8
2017 Q4 196 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 156 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 78 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 52 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 254 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 264 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 192 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 168 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 192 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 561 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 720 1 0 1388.9
2015 Q1 130 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 60 1 1 16666.7
2014 Q3 35 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 764 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 780 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 786 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 777 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 775 3 0 3871.0
2013 Q1 706 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 628 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 675 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 760 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 695 2 0 2877.7
2009 Q1 0 1 0
2008 Q4 275 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,287 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 670 2 0 2985.1
2008 Q1 1,110 5 1 4504.5
2007 Q4 1,223 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,137 3 0 2638.5
2007 Q2 1,957 8 4 4087.9
2007 Q1 1,060 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,181 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 678 4 1 5899.7
2006 Q2 640 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 316 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 339 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 285 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 231 1 0 4329.0
2005 Q1 220 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 240 5 2 20833.3
2004 Q3 276 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 896 1 0 1116.1
2004 Q1 1,086 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,263 2 0 1583.5
2003 Q3 1,061 3 1 2827.5
2003 Q2 1,306 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 660 5 0 7575.8
2002 Q4 290 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,022 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,112 3 1 2697.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1988 · 1 incident

February 12, 1988 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Purchase Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE REACHING ABOVE TO OVERHEAD BELTLINE & PULLED WELDING LEAD FROM BELTLINE, THE WELDING ROD IN THE WELDING LEAD CAME DOWN & STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE CORNER OF THE EYE, BURNING THE EDGE OF THE CORNER OF THE EYE.

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