BRC Alabama No. 4 LLC has $5K 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
9
Years on record
2008–2011
Latest incident
Dec 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
37
citations
3
significant & substantial
$5,165
proposed penalties
$5,165
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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: 638 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
BRC Alabama No. 4 LLC has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
37 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-07-05.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at BRC Alabama No. 4 LLC shows 100% of 66 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: 2013-03-13, 13 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
66
samples
0.46
dust max (mg/m3)
66 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
WASHER OPERATOR13
HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER10
PREPARATION PLANT FOREMAN8
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.
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.
BRC Alabama No. 4 LLC recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2012.
Injury rate, 2012
ⓘ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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.74 and the all-US-mining average was 2.96 cases per 100 workers.
In Alabama, coal mining averaged 4.66 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.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2012 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2011 *
10.98
10.98
0.000
2010 *
3.34
3.34
0.000
2009 *
39.12
9.78
0.000
2008 *
3.26
3.26
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2015
0
2014
0
2013
4
2012
32
107,577
2011
26
104,096
2010
24
202,358
2009
9
23,945
2008
26
318,093
2007
15
54,554
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
BRC Alabama No. 4 LLC sits in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama · Population 234,036
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$63,947
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
2015 Q1
0
0
0
2014 Q4
0
0
0
2014 Q3
0
0
0
2014 Q2
0
0
0
2014 Q1
0
0
0
2013 Q4
0
0
0
2013 Q3
0
0
0
2013 Q2
2,184
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2013 Q1
3,701
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
12,422
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
18,800
2
0
106.4
2012 Q2
15,758
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
16,078
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
11,245
6
1
533.6
2011 Q3
14,529
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
15,049
5
1
332.2
2011 Q1
13,811
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
15,612
4
1
256.2
2010 Q3
15,161
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
15,569
3
0
192.7
2010 Q1
13,541
3
0
221.5
2009 Q4
3,090
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
2,851
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
3,281
4
0
1219.1
2009 Q1
11,229
3
0
267.2
2008 Q4
17,410
1
0
57.4
2008 Q3
12,511
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
15,867
4
0
252.1
2008 Q1
15,549
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
13,769
2
0
145.3
2007 Q3
12,528
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
737
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
9 on file
2011 · 3 incidents
December 27, 2011AL · Coalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was getting in jon boat, was walking to the rear of the boat to operate the boat motor, employee tried to step on the metal seat to get to the back of boat, when he stepped on the metal seat he slipped, hitting the left side of his torso on the seat/bottom of the boat.
August 19, 2011AL · Coalelectrician, linemanELECTRICAL
Employee was working to rewire VFD control box for electric booster station pump. Employee reached inside the VFD circuit box to check the wiring and must have hit a bare wire causing an ignition or spark to occur that caused him to have burns to his face/head/neck/arms.
July 20, 2011AL · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE was assisting with maintenance on a pump, he was trying to clean around the pump to make it more accessible for other EE's working on pump. Pushed shovel to dig and when it stopped against surrounding material, his weight shifted against shovel and lost balance. His body weight shifted, felt pull in his leg. Trouble with leg due to prior injury not related to work.
2009 · 4 incidents
March 19, 2009AL · Coalassayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer managementSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was examining the air cylinder in the float cell. When he started to come down the ladder, he took a misstep on the ladder which turned his foot sideways causing his knee to pop.
January 15, 2009AL · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
Cold weather made the pipe more brittle than normal. Typically the pipe can be cut to a certain point then the pipe can be broken with the equipment to finish the break. Under normal conditions the pipe could have been broken this way. Due to the cold weather making the pipe brittle the amount that was cut was not strong enough to keep from breaking on its own.
January 15, 2009AL · Coaloutside foreman, leadmanMACHINERY
Cold weather made the pipe more brittle than normal. Typically the pipe can be cut to a certain point then the pipe can be broken with the equipment to finish the break. Under normal conditions the pipe could have been broken this way. Due to the cold weather making the pipe brittle the amount that was cut was not strong enough to keep from breaking on its own.
2008 · 1 incident
October 3, 2008AL · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)