Blue Mound Mine No 1: 1 MSHA citation
Coal
Blue Mound Mine No 1 has $184 in proposed MSHA penalties and $184 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 8
- Years on record
- 1992–1999
- Latest incident
- Sep 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
0
significant & substantial
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $184 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
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: 42 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 Mound Mine No 1 has $184 in proposed MSHA penalties and $184 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.
1 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $6K in penalties contested before the Commission, $6K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-09-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
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.
Contested penalties
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A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
| Docket |
Decision |
Judge |
Year |
Proposed / upheld |
| CENT20000187 |
Default |
Barbour |
2000 |
$6K → $6K |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
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Alternate Fuels Inc
1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Blue Mound Mine No 1 sits in Barton County, Missouri, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.
Barton County, Missouri · Population 11,685
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$49,503
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
8 on file
1999 · 3 incidents
September 2, 1999
MO · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Alternate Fuels Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EE TIPPLE OPERATOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN DIRT AND ROCK OFF THE VIBRATING SCREEN LCOATED AT THE TIPPLE. WHILE SWINGING A PICK AS HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK.
May 11, 1999
MO · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Alternate Fuels Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PUT D9 DOZER TRACK BACK TOGETHER. HE WAS SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO PUT PIN BACK IN REAR AXLE AND TORE ROTOR-CUFF IN SHOULDER.
April 5, 1999
MO · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Alternate Fuels Inc · Fall from machine
DOZER OPERATOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET OUT OF THE 8K DOZER CAB WHEN HE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT FOOT IN THE GRAB HANDLE OF THE DOZER AND FELL.
1998 · 1 incident
Alternate Fuels Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EE SLIPPED GOING DOWN A SLOP IT CONTINUED TO BOTHER HIM ANBD HE WENT TO THE DR. ON 6-25. HE DIDN'T MISS ANY TIMNE. NOW HE MUST GO IN FOR SURGERY ON 7-30 AND WILL MISS APPROX 30 DAYS WORK.
1994 · 2 incidents
Alternate Fuels Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MINER STEPPED DOWN FROM BOTTOM STEP ON TO THE WALKING SHOE AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE AND PULLED CARTIDGE FROM THE ANKLE BONE.
July 17, 1994
MO · Coal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Alternate Fuels Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MINERS WERE CHANGING OUT AN OLD DRAG CVABLE WITH A NEW ONE WHEN THE NEW CABLE WHICH WAS FASTENED IN THE SOCKET END AT THE BUCKET WHEN SUDDENLY THE CABLE SLIPPED OUT OF THE SOCKET AND RECOILED AND STRUCK THE OPERATOR WHO WAS STANDING OFF TO THE SIDE IN AND ACROSS HIS CHEST AREA.
1993 · 1 incident
September 2, 1993
MO · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Alternate Fuels Inc · Fall from machine
THE BULLODOZER ENCOUNTERED A HYDRAULIC OIL LEAK ON THE LEFT CYLINDER. MINER CLIMBED UP ON THE MACHINE AND WHILE FORCING A WRENCH TO ALLOW A BOLT TO BE INSERTED, SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND STRIKING HIS KNEE ON THE PUSH ARM OF THE DOZER.
1992 · 1 incident
Alternate Fuels Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MINER WAS STEPPING OFF DRAGLINE WALKING SHOE TO THE GROUND AND SIMPLY MISSED THE SECOND STEP AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE ON GROUND IMPACT.