Tipple #2
Coal
Norton,
Wise County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405269
Tipple #2 has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 1990–1994
- Latest incident
- Sep 1994
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
24
significant & substantial
$21,127
proposed penalties
18% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $17,354 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 365 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 $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K outstanding across 6 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.
38 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-01-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Tipple #2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.74 mg/m3 (92% compliant) across 13 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.
Most recent sample: 2001-12-04.
Noise
Most recent sample: 2002-01-10.
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 |
| 2002 Q1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
| 2001 Q4 |
200 |
1 |
1 |
5000.0 |
| 2001 Q3 |
300 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 |
300 |
12 |
5 |
40000.0 |
| 2000 Q3 |
600 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
1994 · 3 incidents
September 6, 1994
VA · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North Fork Coal Sales · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
REMOVING OFFICE TRAILER FROM LOT. HE WAS PULLING 8" BLOCK OUT FROM UNDER THE TRAILER AND CARRYING THEM TO THE TRUCK AND LOADING THEM IN THE TRUCK.
North Fork Coal Sales · Struck by flying object
REMOVAL OF LUMP COAL FROM FEEDER WITH 6' SLATE BAR. SLATE BAR SLIPPED AND HIT EE CAUSING A CUT TO HIS HEAD ABOVE HIS LEFT EYE.
May 7, 1994
VA · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North Fork Coal Sales · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
METAL BEING INSTALLED CAUGHT RIGHT HAND BETWEEN METAL AND SIZE OF HOPPER.
1990 · 1 incident
November 21, 1990
VA · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kenmar Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
STEPPED OFF WATER TANK AND TWISTED ANKLE.
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The full compliance file on Tipple #2
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.