Mining Incidents

KIMBALLTON PLT #2 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Lhoist Group
Ripplemead, Giles County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406818

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2000
Latest incident
Mar 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
17
citations
5
significant & substantial
$1,442
proposed penalties
$1,442
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q3 1,481 2 0 1350.4
2002 Q1 1,560 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,011 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,360 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 8,100 2 0 246.9
2000 Q4 1,930 2 0 1036.3
2000 Q3 18,514 5 3 270.1
2000 Q2 21,684 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2000 · 1 incident

March 31, 2000 VA · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
Chemical Lime Company Of Virginia Inc · Accident type, without injuries

EE REPORTED TO HIS FOREMAN THAT THERE WAS A POTENTIAL PROBLEM WITH THE GIRTH GEAR ON #3 KILN. FIRE WAS NOTICED & EXTINGUISHERS UTILIZED TO PUT OUT FIRE, BUT AFTER FIRE WAS NOT EXTINGUISHED IN 30 MIN, THE LOCAL FIRE DEPT WAS CALLED. THE FIRE DEPT PUT OUT THE FIRE WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHERS.