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.
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.
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.
MSHA sampling at Alabama Fuel Products shows 99% of 87 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: 2007-04-16, 19 years ago
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
87
samples
1.56
dust max (mg/m3)
87 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER38
FINE COAL PLANT OPERATOR10
LABORER/BLACKSMITH8
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.
Alabama Fuel Products recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.
Injury rate, 2007
ⓘ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 4.71 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Alabama, coal mining averaged 6.02 cases per 100 workers that year.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2007
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003
1.89
1.89
0.000
2002
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000
3.68
1.84
0.000
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
Year
Employees
2007
61
2006
67
2005
64
2004
57
2003
62
2002
69
2001
98
2000
56
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Alabama Fuel Products sits in Jefferson County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Jefferson County, Alabama · Population 669,744
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$64,589
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
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
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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
0
0
0.0
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
1
0
31.6
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, 2006AL · Coalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
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, 2004AL · Coalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
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.
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, 2003AL · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
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, 2000AL · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
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.