ADDCAR Systems 20 HWM Serial No. 23020 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2009–2016
Latest incident
Nov 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
24
citations
8
significant & substantial
$4,534
proposed penalties
$4,383
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
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: 899 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
ADDCAR Systems 20 HWM Serial No. 23020 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-07-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ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.
6citations taken to the federal commission · 25% of citations on record
Settled
4 · 67%
Stood as issued
2 · 33%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
8%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $2K 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 2010-10-20.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at ADDCAR Systems 20 HWM Serial No. 23020 shows 100% of 30 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2018-07-18, 8 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
30
samples
0.77
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
ⓘ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.
30 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
AUGER OPERATOR8
HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER8
AUGER HELPER3
Noise
ⓘ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.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
ADDCAR Systems 20 HWM Serial No. 23020 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2018.
Injury rate, 2018
ⓘ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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.34 and the all-US-mining average was 2.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Indiana, coal mining averaged 2.85 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2017 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2016 *
8.64
4.32
0.000
2010 *
8.46
4.23
0.000
2009 *
10.14
10.14
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2024
0
2023
0
2022
0
2019
4
2018
10
51,608
2017
11
160,227
2016
19
212,367
2015
12
1,809
2013
0
2012
0
2011
8
153,582
2010
21
407,427
2009
19
438,041
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
ADDCAR Systems 20 HWM Serial No. 23020 sits in Pike County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 2.5% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Pike County, Indiana · Population 12,187
2.5%
Mining share of county employment
$66,250
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2024 Q1
0
0
0
2023 Q4
0
0
0
2023 Q3
0
0
0
2023 Q2
0
0
0
2023 Q1
0
0
0
2022 Q4
0
0
0
2022 Q3
0
0
0
2019 Q1
2,319
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2018 Q4
6,344
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
8,598
1
0
116.3
2018 Q2
4,503
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
1,215
1
0
823.0
2017 Q4
2,151
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
12,870
1
1
77.7
2017 Q2
11,124
4
0
359.6
2017 Q1
422
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
7,180
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
13,037
3
2
230.1
2016 Q2
11,263
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
14,836
1
0
67.4
2015 Q4
3,856
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
0
0
0
2013 Q3
0
0
0
2013 Q2
0
0
0
2013 Q1
0
0
0
2012 Q4
0
0
0
2012 Q3
0
0
0
2012 Q2
0
0
0
2012 Q1
0
0
0
2011 Q4
0
0
0
2011 Q3
0
0
0
2011 Q2
136
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
12,854
4
2
311.2
2010 Q4
16,321
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
11,002
2
2
181.8
2010 Q2
0
0
0
2010 Q1
19,979
3
0
150.2
2009 Q4
9,529
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
11,640
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
6,900
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
11,374
4
1
351.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2016 · 2 incidents
November 2, 2016IN · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The injured employee was rolling up a power cable for a stacker belt with a co-worker when EE turned back and proceeded to trip over one of the co-worker's feet. While falling to the ground, EE twisted right foot causing injury.
September 23, 2016IN · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
ADDCAR Systems, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
While handling the electrical connector for an Addcar, the employee dropped it on the car with left hand in between the connector and the car; causing injury to the middle finger.
EE was replacing a conveyor belt on a conveyor car. He had bent over to pull the belt by hand when a belt puller that was attached to the end of the belt fell back toward him and struck his two front teeth. On March 15, 2011 he received treatment at from a dentist and minor cosmetic treatment was performed to repair small chips on those two teeth.
2010 · 2 incidents
October 29, 2010IN · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Combs had assisted in connecting the power cables to two conveyor cars together and was attempting to lay those cables into the tray on the conveyor car. While doing this he experienced some pain in his abdomen which has been diagnosed as a muscle strain.
While employee was trying to unthaw an air compressor some air brake anti-freeze that was sprayed onto his pants legs was ignited. While running to put out the fire on his pants he fell and dislocated his left shoulder.
2009 · 2 incidents
November 25, 2009IN · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The employee was assisting in the removal of a panel cover for a continuous mining machine. He was crossing the conveyor on a disabled continuous miner when he stepped on a piece of rubber belting and slipped. When he did this he twisted his left ankle which has been diagnosed as a sprain.
February 5, 2009IN · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techPOWERED HAULAGE
ADDCAR Systems, LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Employee had positioned his left leg over the pusher assembly trough in order to add grease to a belt alignment fitting. The pusher assembly flipper was advanced and his leg was pinched between the flipper and a conveyor car pusher block resulting into a fracture and muscle damage to his left leg.
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