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Birmingport Plant: 6 MSHA citations Coal

Birmingport, Jefferson County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103146

Birmingport Plant has $434 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
2000
Latest incident
May 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
6
citations
3
significant & substantial
$434
proposed penalties
$434
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Birmingham Syn Fuel Llc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
14
inspections on record
97
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: 97 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Birmingport Plant has $434 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$434
proposed penalties
$434
current assessed
$434
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-03-06.
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.
50.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
50.0%
reasonably likely or greater
16.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Birmingport Plant shows 94% of 18 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: 2001-10-11, 24 years ago
94%
within 1.5 mg/m3
18
samples
1.63
dust max (mg/m3)
18 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • LABORER/BLACKSMITH7
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER5
  • FINE COAL PLANT OPERATOR2

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.

Last sampled: 2001-10-11, 24 years ago
0%
over PEL
12
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • LABORER/BLACKSMITH7
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER3
  • TIPPLE OPERATOR1
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2001 100% 7
2000 91% 11
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2001 0% 7
2000 0% 5
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Birmingport Plant recorded 8.89 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.

Injury rate, 2000
ⓘ 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.
8.89
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 7.74 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Alabama, coal mining averaged 10.94 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
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.
Ownership history
  1. Birmingham Syn Fuel Llc 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2002 0
2001 9
2000 20
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Birmingport Plant 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
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 558 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,261 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,070 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,379 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 10,077 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 11,693 0 0 0.0
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 12,566 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 10,683 4 1 374.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2000 · 3 incidents

April 3, 2000 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Birmingham Syn Fuel Llc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A 3/8" HELPER CHAIN CONNECTED TO A 1 1/2 TON RATED COME-ALONG HAD BEEN ATTACHED TO THE POINT AUGER OF THE EXTENDER IN AN ATTEMPT TO REMOVE IT. THE 3/8" HELPER CHAIN BROKE AND STRUCK THE WORKER IN THE LEFT ELBOW.

April 3, 2000 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Birmingham Syn Fuel Llc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A 3/8" HELPER CHAIN CONNECTED TO A 1 1/2 TON RATED COME-ALONG HAD BEEN ATTACHED TO THE POINT AUGER OF THE EXTENDER IN AN ATTEMPT TO REMOVE IT. THE 3/8" HELPER CHAIN BROKE AND STRUCK THE WORKER IN THE RIGHT KNEE.