Toms Creek South Coal
Paramont Contura, LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
Coeburn,
Wise County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407388
Toms Creek South has $15K 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
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
75
citations
19
significant & substantial
$14,793
proposed penalties
$14,793
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2018
31
inspections on record
889
inspection hours
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: 889 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Toms Creek South has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.$15K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
74 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-01-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Toms Creek South shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.42 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 266 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.0.42
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.38
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
266
samples
Most recent sample: 2022-08-24.
Silica (quartz)
5.8
silica avg (%)
9.1
silica max (%)
13
samples
Most recent sample: 2020-01-23.
Noise
0%
over PEL
23
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-12-03.
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 | 11,826 | 4 | 0 | 338.2 |
| 2019 Q4 | 19,441 | 19 | 2 | 977.3 |
| 2019 Q3 | 18,687 | 20 | 5 | 1070.3 |
| 2019 Q2 | 19,131 | 23 | 8 | 1202.2 |
| 2019 Q1 | 15,352 | 9 | 4 | 586.2 |
| 2018 Q4 | 8,086 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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 Toms Creek South
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.