Blue Creek Processing
Coal
Berry,
Tuscaloosa County,
AL
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0103609
Blue Creek Processing has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2025
- Latest incident
- Nov 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2025
6
significant & substantial
$7,926
proposed penalties
58% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,302 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2025
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 213 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Blue Creek Processing has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 1 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.
14 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Blue Creek Processing shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.02 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 16 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.
Most recent sample: 2026-06-27.
Noise
Most recent sample: 2025-12-03.
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 |
| 2025 Q4 |
24,503 |
4 |
2 |
163.2 |
| 2025 Q3 |
19,686 |
5 |
2 |
254.0 |
| 2025 Q2 |
11,663 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2025 · 2 incidents
November 22, 2025
AL · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Warrior Met Coal BC, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Accident was not observed by any witness and injured employee does not remember circumstances of the accident. Injured employee has a broken nose, received stitches and staples and had bruises.
Warrior Met Coal BC, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Pulled end flange off refuse screen and was hit with water. Requested medical attention and an MRI. Conducted surgery on knee on 9-13-2025 and was first day of lost time for employee.
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