Mining Incidents

Tipple No 1 Coal

Controlled by Bobby W Hill
St Paul, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406174

Tipple No 1 has $220 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
1991–2002
Latest incident
Jun 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
4
citations
0
significant & substantial
$220
proposed penalties
$220
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
12
inspections on record
134
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: 134 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 No 1 has $220 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$220
proposed penalties
$220
current assessed
$220
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-06-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Tipple No 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.26 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 8 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.
0.26
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.50
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
8
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-06-24.
Noise
0%
over PEL
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-06-28.
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
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 1,413 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,480 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,193 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,951 2 0 1025.1
2002 Q1 1,305 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,449 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,255 1 0 443.5
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q2 1,776 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,997 1 0 500.8
2000 Q4 2,289 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2002 · 1 incident

June 18, 2002 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Virginia City Enterprises Inc · Struck against stationary object

COAL WAS STUCK IN COAL SHOOT, EE WAS USING PRY BAR TO DISLODGE THE JAM. BRACE ON STOCKER SHOOT CUT HIS RING FINGER ON RIGHT HAND/KNUCKLE.

1996 · 2 incidents

April 11, 1996 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tray Coal Processors Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE AND COWORKER WERE LIFTING A HEATING COIL FROM A STEAM JENNY MACHINE OUT OF PICKUP TRUCK AND SET IT ON GROUND AND PAIN IN LOWER BACK OCCURRED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.

March 19, 1996 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tray Coal Processors Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

SMASHED RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

1992 · 1 incident

March 25, 1992 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tray Coal Processors Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNLOADING LOGS HIT IN GROIN AREA

1991 · 1 incident

June 24, 1991 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Tray Coal Processors Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING LARGE METAL I-BEAM. A BACKHOE WAS BEING USED TO STABILIZE THE I-BEAM WHILE BEING WELDED. THE BACKHOE BUCKEY SLIPPED CAUSING THE I-BEAM TO VIBRATE WHICH CAUSED INJURY TO EM PLOYEE.

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The full compliance file on Tipple No 1

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.