ERP Environmental Fund Inc.: 259 MSHA citations operator
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Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF)
MSHA operator ID: 0141713
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 14
- Mines on record
- 5
- Years on record
- 2016–2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
259
citations
67
significant & substantial
$47,005
proposed penalties
$20,454
paid to date
44% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $26,551 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
422
inspections on record
7,990
inspection hours
3.2
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.259 citations across 7,990 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
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.$47K
proposed penalties
$47K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$27K
outstanding
241 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.26.9%
significant & substantial
6.4%
high negligence or reckless
26.9%
reasonably likely or greater
16.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.0% low, 81.5% moderate, 6.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Injury rate, 2019
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This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.1.08
total case rate
1.08
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.39 and the all-US-mining average was 2.32 cases per 100 workers.
| Year | total case rate | days-away | fatal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.08 | 1.08 | 0.000 |
| 2018 | 5.25 | 5.25 | 0.000 |
| 2017 | 2.51 | 2.51 | 0.000 |
| 2016 | 2.38 | 1.59 | 0.000 |
| 2015 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
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.
Last sampled: 2025-01-30
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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.100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
428
samples
0.95
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
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The excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.226 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 202 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR228
- HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR76
- REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE36
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2019-08-19, 7 years ago17.6
silica avg (%)
19
samples
51.0
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR11
- HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR8
Noise
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The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Last sampled: 2025-01-15
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The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.0%
over PEL
106
samples
Most-sampled occupations
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR33
- REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE14
- HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER10
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2
citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
- Settled 2 · 100%
0%
S&S designation survived the contest
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Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$200 proposed, $200 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2010-11-22. Vacated and withdrawn citations are removed from the file this view attributes through, so that outcome is slightly undercounted here.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 4 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 4 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal
- DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS 1 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 1 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2019
1
2018
5
2017
4
2016
4
Mines on record
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Where ERP Environmental Fund Inc. stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate
MSHA's standard limits respirable silica to 50 micrograms per cubic metre, but MSHA publishes dust and quartz as separate files and never the silica figure itself. We derive it per sample, score it against the limit, and set the operator's injury rate against a benchmark built from the full MSHA operator record. With the 26-year penalty trail, contest posture, and fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.
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