Mining Incidents

Alamo Coal

Controlled by JW Resources Inc
Beverly, Bell County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1505200

Alamo has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $850 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1987–1994
Latest incident
Nov 1994
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
34
citations
10
significant & substantial
$3,995
proposed penalties
$3,145
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $850 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
34
inspections on record
342
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: 342 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Alamo has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $850 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$850
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-03-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Alamo shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.22 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 2 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.
0.22
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.39
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-09-10.
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
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 1 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 1 0
2011 Q3 0 1 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 1,018 6 1 5893.9
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1994 · 1 incident

November 2, 1994 KY · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor OTHER
Ikerd-Bandy Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OFFICE/CLERICAL

1992 · 1 incident

January 28, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Andalex Resources Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING PRESSURE ON PAD WITH PRY BAR.WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING PAD BOLT.WHEN THE BOLT CAME OUT OF THE TRACK ROLLED OFF IDLERS THROWING EMPLOYEE OFF DOZER.

1987 · 1 incident

August 1, 1987 KY · Coal FIRE
Sandy Fork Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

WHILE LOADING A3UNIT TRAIN SOME HOT COALS FELL THROUGH THE NO 2 GATE OF THE LEFT T UNNEL ONTO 48IN CONVEYOR BELT LEFT & RT.TUNNELS ARE NOT USED & THEREFORE METAL IN THE GATES HAD RUSTGED WH ICH ALLOWED AN 2PENING THRU WHICH HOT COALS FELL A FIRE R ESULTED WHEN WHEN THE HOT MATERIAL WAS ALLOWED TO LAY ON THE BELT FOR SEVERAL HOURS

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The full compliance file on Alamo

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.