Mining Incidents

Alabama Fuel Products Coal

Controlled by Michael W McClure
8260 Birmingport Road, Jefferson County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103178

Alabama Fuel Products has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2000–2006
Latest incident
Mar 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
21
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,339
proposed penalties
$1,279
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $60 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
55
inspections on record
511
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: 511 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Alabama Fuel Products has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$60
outstanding
20 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-04-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Alabama Fuel Products shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.17 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 87 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.
0.17
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.56
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
87
samples
Most recent sample: 2007-04-16.
Noise
2%
over PEL
48
samples
Most recent sample: 2007-04-16.
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 Q4 25,506 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 27,951 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 28,628 3 0 104.8
2007 Q1 29,337 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 29,788 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 29,549 1 0 33.8
2006 Q2 31,205 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 33,393 0 0 0.0
Show 24 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q4 27,947 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 31,898 3 0 94.0
2005 Q2 26,583 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 28,411 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 27,155 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 27,273 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 24,960 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 24,833 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 20,267 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 22,771 1 0 43.9
2003 Q2 31,444 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 31,082 3 2 96.5
2002 Q4 29,902 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 31,664 2 0 63.2
2002 Q2 30,096 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 30,097 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 48,433 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 45,673 1 0 21.9
2001 Q2 42,151 1 0 23.7
2001 Q1 33,891 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 30,083 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 32,959 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 25,951 4 1 154.1
2000 Q1 19,562 2 0 102.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2006 · 1 incident

March 4, 2006 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Alabama Coal Recovery, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CONDITIONS CONSISTED OF WATER BEING SPRAYED ONTO STEPS BY WATER TRUCK, CREATING SLIGHT AMOUNT OF MUD ON STEP. EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING INTO BREAK ROOM TO GET ICE FOR HIS PERSONAL COOLER. AS EE WALKED UP THE STEPS, HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED IN SOME MUD.

2004 · 2 incidents

June 3, 2004 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Alabama Coal Recovery, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He climbed up in his truck nd leaned over to put his lunch box between the seats and his back popped. He then took a load of coal over to the washer and from there another driver brought him back to the port. An ambulance was called.

June 1, 2004 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Alabama Coal Recovery, LLC · Struck against a moving object

TRUCK WAS BEING LOADED BY A LOADER. WHEN COAL WENT INTO THE TRAILER, THE TRUCK SHOOK. EE STATES THAT HE WAS JARRED, CAUSING HEAD TO STRIKE BACK GLASS OF TRUCK.

2003 · 1 incident

June 30, 2003 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Alabama Coal Recovery, LLC · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING ON EQUIPMENT AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF STEP. EE FELL TO GROUND, CAUSING HERNIA IN GROIN AREA.

2002 · 2 incidents

April 30, 2002 AL · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Alabama Coal Recovery, LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

MECHANIC HAD BEEN WORKING ON THE ALTERNATOR OF UNIT NO. 92. ALL REPAIRS HAD BEEN MADE; UNIT WAS RUNNING AND EMPLOYEE REACHED IN TO GET A BOLT THAT FELL. HE HAD A PAIR OF GLOVES ON AND WHEN HE REACHED TO GET THE BOLT, HIS GLOVE GOT CAUGHT INTHE BELT AND IT CUT HIS FINGERS AND THUMB.

2000 · 2 incidents

October 4, 2000 AL · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Alabama Coal Recovery, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE PADDLES IN ASPHAULT MIXER. POWER WAS OFF & TAGED OUT. HE ROLLED TUBE OVER TO CHANGE PADDLES & GOT FINGER BETWEEN PADDLE & MIXER & TUBE, MASHING END OF FINGER HE HAD GLOVES ON.

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The full compliance file on Alabama Fuel Products

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.