Alden Resources, LLC #6 Coal
Alden Resources, LLC
· Underground
Controlled by
Ferroglobe PLC
Barbourville,
Knox County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519486
Alden Resources, LLC #6 has $163K in proposed MSHA penalties and $83K outstanding across 14 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
454
citations
141
significant & substantial
$163,278
proposed penalties
$36,093
paid to date
22% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $127,185 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
62
inspections on record
4,838
inspection hours
9.4
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.454 citations across 4,838 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Alden Resources, LLC #6 has $163K in proposed MSHA penalties and $83K outstanding across 14 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$163K
proposed penalties
$119K
current assessed
$36K
paid to date
$83K
outstanding
450 assessments are final orders; 14 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-02-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Alden Resources, LLC #6 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.59 mg/m3 (93% compliant) across 427 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.0.59
dust avg (mg/m3)
20.30
dust max (mg/m3)
93%
within 1.5 mg/m3
427
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-11-22.
Silica (quartz)
5.1
silica avg (%)
7.9
silica max (%)
28
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-11-09.
Noise
12%
over PEL
105
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-11-02.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Q3 | 4,320 | 24 | 10 | 5555.6 |
| 2016 Q2 | 4,320 | 13 | 3 | 3009.3 |
| 2016 Q1 | 3,960 | 8 | 0 | 2020.2 |
| 2014 Q2 | 3,365 | 39 | 8 | 11589.9 |
| 2014 Q1 | 3,981 | 37 | 10 | 9294.1 |
| 2013 Q4 | 3,685 | 45 | 15 | 12211.7 |
| 2013 Q3 | 2,980 | 28 | 13 | 9396.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 2,980 | 8 | 2 | 2684.6 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Q1 | 3,116 | 15 | 3 | 4813.9 |
| 2012 Q4 | 3,850 | 53 | 18 | 13766.2 |
| 2012 Q2 | 2,317 | 1 | 0 | 431.6 |
| 2012 Q1 | 10,016 | 13 | 4 | 1297.9 |
| 2011 Q4 | 5,299 | 7 | 2 | 1321.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 170 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q1 | 1,560 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 14,057 | 22 | 12 | 1565.1 |
| 2010 Q3 | 16,520 | 26 | 12 | 1573.8 |
| 2010 Q2 | 6,651 | 23 | 12 | 3458.1 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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The full compliance file on Alden Resources, LLC #6
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.