Capital Coal Corp. · Accident type, without injuries
Roof fall occurred on belt line due to slicken sided undetected roof. Top was also bolted with approved 4' bolts.
Toms Creek North Coal
Paramont Contura, LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
Coeburn,
Wise County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407367
Toms Creek North has $46K in proposed MSHA penalties and $14 outstanding across 12 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2017–2019
- Latest incident
- Dec 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
167
citations
47
significant & substantial
$46,440
proposed penalties
$35,420
paid to date
76% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $11,020 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
62
inspections on record
2,134
inspection hours
7.8
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.167 citations across 2,134 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Toms Creek North has $46K in proposed MSHA penalties and $14 outstanding across 12 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.$46K
proposed penalties
$35K
current assessed
$35K
paid to date
$14
outstanding
157 assessments are final orders; 12 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-01-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Toms Creek North shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.34 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 438 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.0.34
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.38
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
438
samples
Most recent sample: 2020-01-16.
Silica (quartz)
6.6
silica avg (%)
8.3
silica max (%)
21
samples
Most recent sample: 2020-01-21.
Noise
0%
over PEL
35
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-10-24.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Q1 | 8,655 | 14 | 3 | 1617.6 |
| 2019 Q4 | 17,764 | 17 | 5 | 957.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 17,037 | 18 | 5 | 1056.5 |
| 2019 Q2 | 18,233 | 7 | 1 | 383.9 |
| 2019 Q1 | 18,702 | 23 | 10 | 1229.8 |
| 2018 Q4 | 19,218 | 29 | 4 | 1509.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 18,130 | 9 | 1 | 496.4 |
| 2018 Q2 | 17,351 | 8 | 4 | 461.1 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Q1 | 17,551 | 13 | 5 | 740.7 |
| 2017 Q4 | 16,110 | 26 | 7 | 1613.9 |
| 2017 Q3 | 7,668 | 2 | 1 | 260.8 |
| 2017 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file2019 · 1 incident
2018 · 2 incidents
Capital Coal Corp. · Accident type, without injuries
A roof fall occurred on the primary escapeway. No one or equipment was involved.
Capital Coal Corp. · Over-exertion in lifting objects
The victim was loading rock dust when they threw a bag of dust. They hurt their right shoulder.
2017 · 1 incident
Capital Coal Corp. · Struck by falling object
While removing drill steel from the drilled hole, a piece fell out striking employee on the right hand.
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