Mining Incidents

Town Hill Creek Surface Mine No. 1 Coal

Controlled by Metinvest B V
Richlands, Tazewell County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407130

Town Hill Creek Surface Mine No. 1 has $19K 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
1
Years on record
2006
Latest incident
Mar 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
38
citations
17
significant & substantial
$19,324
proposed penalties
$19,324
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
7
inspections on record
195
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: 195 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Town Hill Creek Surface Mine No. 1 has $19K 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
38 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-05-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Town Hill Creek Surface Mine No. 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.12 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 21 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.
0.12
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.33
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
21
samples
Most recent sample: 2007-01-18.
Silica (quartz)
24.8
silica avg (%)
33.0
silica max (%)
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-08-30.
Noise
9%
over PEL
11
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-01-10.
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
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 3,761 6 3 1595.3
2007 Q1 11,894 9 4 756.7
2006 Q4 13,841 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 11,728 10 3 852.7
2006 Q2 14,619 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 10,234 11 6 1074.8
2005 Q4 14,555 0 0 0.0
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q3 14,950 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,186 2 1 1686.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2006 · 1 incident

March 13, 2006 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mattieboo, LLC. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stepped out of the tool truck onto the ground and stepped into a rut, turning his left ankle.

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The full compliance file on Town Hill Creek Surface Mine 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.