Employee was welding cracks in a tube on a 777 Rock Truck when some grease that was in the tube got to hot and shot out of the tube burning our employee
Alum Cave #17 Coal
Alum Cave #17 has $54K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 14
- Years on record
- 2020–2025
- Latest incident
- Oct 2025
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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.Alum Cave #17 has $54K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 4 contested dockets.
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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.MSHA sampling at Alum Cave #17 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.12 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 217 samples.
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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 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.ⓘ
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.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
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| 2025 Q4 | 25,049 | 9 | 0 | 359.3 |
| 2025 Q3 | 6,035 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 26,205 | 6 | 0 | 229.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 23,408 | 7 | 0 | 299.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 24,735 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 17,723 | 1 | 0 | 56.4 |
| 2024 Q2 | 19,057 | 15 | 2 | 787.1 |
| 2024 Q1 | 24,734 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 27,205 | 8 | 1 | 294.1 |
| 2023 Q3 | 27,795 | 2 | 0 | 72.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 21,958 | 14 | 1 | 637.6 |
| 2023 Q1 | 27,015 | 18 | 1 | 666.3 |
| 2022 Q4 | 23,938 | 13 | 4 | 543.1 |
| 2022 Q3 | 23,549 | 4 | 0 | 169.9 |
| 2022 Q2 | 21,494 | 12 | 1 | 558.3 |
| 2022 Q1 | 19,989 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 20,042 | 4 | 1 | 199.6 |
| 2021 Q3 | 25,129 | 3 | 0 | 119.4 |
| 2021 Q2 | 26,769 | 10 | 1 | 373.6 |
| 2021 Q1 | 24,525 | 3 | 1 | 122.3 |
| 2020 Q4 | 26,406 | 2 | 1 | 75.7 |
| 2020 Q3 | 28,984 | 3 | 0 | 103.5 |
| 2020 Q2 | 21,018 | 3 | 0 | 142.7 |
| 2020 Q1 | 18,507 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 20,938 | 8 | 0 | 382.1 |
| 2019 Q3 | 14,485 | 10 | 0 | 690.4 |
| 2019 Q2 | 12,381 | 1 | 1 | 80.8 |
| 2019 Q1 | 6,298 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 2,938 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Reportable incidents
14 on file2025 · 1 incident
2024 · 2 incidents
EE was operating an Ingersoll Rand drill near the outer edge of EE's drill bench when EE attempted to dismount the drill. As EE stepped off of the drill onto the berm, EE's footing gave way and EE fell. This resulted in a fracture to EE's left arm just above EE's wrist.
The employee's left shoulder was injured when the left side of the loader bucket on the caterpillar 992G EE was operating caught a large rock. This caused the employee's upper body to twist to the left causing pain in EE's shoulder.
2023 · 2 incidents
The employee injured their back while removing a grease pump from an empty tank.
A gravel truck hauling sandstone from the mine site ran into the ditch line while attempting to pass an empty coal truck coming on to the mine site. The accident resulted in deep bruising to the Mar-kel truck driver and lost work days.
2022 · 3 incidents
The employee was climbing onto a D9T dozer when the employee slipped on the wet track. As employee fell employee stuck right hand out to catch self and cut it on the back of the blade.
It is believed that an oil inlet line ruptured or separated near the turbo causing the fire.
As the employee dismounted drill, employee slipped on the lower step and dropped to the ground. When this occurred the top step struck employee in the mouth and broke part of the left top front tooth off. The broken piece was found and reattached by employee's dentist later that day.
2021 · 5 incidents
The employee received a small laceration on the left side of EE's nose. This occurred after a small piece of metal broke loose from a pressing plate that EE was hammering on and struck EE in the nose.
The employee injured EE's back while dismounting a 992G loader. The injury appeared to be a muscle strain on EE's left side. EE refused initial medical attention but later visited EE's primary care physician when the soreness didn't subside. EE was treated and given a full release.
The employee claims that as EE was being loaded, a rock jarred EE's truck causing an injury to EE's neck.
EE experienced back pain as EE mounted a drill, stood up and turned to EE's right. This resulted in sharp pain originating in lower back and traveling down left leg.
While dumping material to reclaim a highwall, a Rock Truck driver got to close to the dozer running the dump and backed into the rear of the cab. This resulted in damage to the dozer's operated cab and caused the dozer operator to strain a muscle in EE's neck.
2020 · 1 incident
The employee injured the small finger on right hand as employee was driving post for a silk curtain near the hollow fill pond. Injury resulted in 4 stitches.
The full compliance file on Alum Cave #17
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.