C. S. & S. Coal Corporation · Accident type, without injuries
A roof fall app. 125 feet in length, 30+ feet deep and app. 30+ feet in height occurred on 4-13-09 at No.3 entry, one break inby station # 934.
West Dante Coal
The Banner Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Metinvest B V
Dante,
Dickenson County,
VA
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4407025
West Dante has $58K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 10
- Years on record
- 2001–2009
- Latest incident
- Apr 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
292
citations
106
significant & substantial
$58,174
proposed penalties
$51,885
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,289 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
104
inspections on record
3,000
inspection hours
9.7
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.292 citations across 3,000 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
West Dante has $58K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 4 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.$58K
proposed penalties
$54K
current assessed
$52K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
283 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-01-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at West Dante shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.51 mg/m3 (97% compliant) across 410 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.0.51
dust avg (mg/m3)
5.60
dust max (mg/m3)
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
410
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-06-11.
Silica (quartz)
9.3
silica avg (%)
25.1
silica max (%)
51
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-06-04.
Noise
11%
over PEL
38
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-06-25.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Q4 | 2,754 | 1 | 0 | 363.1 |
| 2009 Q3 | 5,159 | 3 | 0 | 581.5 |
| 2009 Q2 | 11,233 | 20 | 10 | 1780.5 |
| 2009 Q1 | 10,255 | 10 | 3 | 975.1 |
| 2008 Q4 | 10,056 | 4 | 0 | 397.8 |
| 2008 Q3 | 9,211 | 16 | 7 | 1737.1 |
| 2008 Q2 | 10,984 | 20 | 4 | 1820.8 |
| 2008 Q1 | 9,824 | 29 | 9 | 2952.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Q4 | 10,700 | 21 | 5 | 1962.6 |
| 2007 Q3 | 6,625 | 15 | 0 | 2264.2 |
| 2007 Q2 | 9,031 | 9 | 4 | 996.6 |
| 2007 Q1 | 8,727 | 19 | 12 | 2177.2 |
| 2006 Q4 | 9,150 | 14 | 7 | 1530.1 |
| 2006 Q3 | 8,819 | 21 | 9 | 2381.2 |
| 2006 Q2 | 9,482 | 19 | 7 | 2003.8 |
| 2006 Q1 | 8,579 | 16 | 5 | 1865.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 7,542 | 13 | 5 | 1723.7 |
| 2005 Q3 | 6,988 | 4 | 3 | 572.4 |
| 2005 Q2 | 7,897 | 14 | 9 | 1772.8 |
| 2005 Q1 | 6,205 | 7 | 2 | 1128.1 |
| 2004 Q4 | 1,574 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q3 | 8,827 | 3 | 2 | 339.9 |
| 2002 Q2 | 9,780 | 8 | 2 | 818.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 7,975 | 5 | 0 | 627.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 4,011 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 1,178 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
10 on file2009 · 1 incident
2008 · 1 incident
C. S. & S. Coal Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
While working on a shuttle car, an allen wrench slipped and hit him in the face.
2007 · 1 incident
C. S. & S. Coal Corporation · Accident type, without injuries
A roof fall app. 300 feet long, 8 feet thick, 20 feet wide was found on 12/5/07 at 8:30 am app. 35ft inby spad #705.
2006 · 4 incidents
October 27, 2006
VA · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C. S. & S. Coal Corporation · Fall to the walkway or working surface
Employee was unloading supplies, when he fell and injured his back.
C. S. & S. Coal Corporation · Accident type, without injuries
A roof fall was found at no. 2 heading at spad no. 463 measuring 90' long, 18 - 20 feet wide and 12' in height.
C. S. & S. Coal Corporation · Accident type, without injuries
A surface slide 14-15 feet high and 12-14 feet wide was found on 06/05/06 at 4:45 A.M.
May 29, 2006
VA · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
C. S. & S. Coal Corporation · Struck by falling object
A piece of coal fell from the top and hit the continuous miner and bounced off, striking employee.
2005 · 2 incidents
C. S. & S. Coal Corporation · Accident type, without injuries
A roof fall 20 feet long, 5 feet in height, and 5 feet wide was found on 08-01-05 at 5:30 a.m. at No. 1 entry at spad No. 315.
C. S. & S. Coal Corporation · Accident type, without injuries
A roof fall 170 ft long, 12 ft thick, and 50 ft wide was found on 7-25-05 at 5:30 a.m. at break no. 19 on no.3 main, 5 breaks out by face area.
2001 · 1 incident
Capital Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL FOUND DVRING REHABILITATION OF THE MINE.
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The full compliance file on West Dante
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.