Covol Engineered Fuels LC · Contact with heat
The employee was installing metal sheeting on the prep plant roof when he became ill from the heat - mild heat exhaustion was eventually diagnosed.
BRC Alabama No. 5 LLC Coal
BRC Alabama No. 5 LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Steve Rickmeier
Brookwood,
Tuscaloosa County,
AL
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103365
BRC Alabama No. 5 LLC has $2K 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
- 5
- Years on record
- 2008
- Latest incident
- Jul 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
18
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,023
proposed penalties
$2,023
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
19
inspections on record
364
inspection hours
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: 364 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. 5 LLC has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-04-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at BRC Alabama No. 5 LLC shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.11 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 39 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.0.11
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.69
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
39
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-10-13.
Noise
5%
over PEL
20
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-11-19.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Q4 | 15,166 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 16,989 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 14,710 | 1 | 0 | 68.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 12,384 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 10,991 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 10,393 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 8,786 | 6 | 1 | 682.9 |
| 2009 Q1 | 13,093 | 1 | 0 | 76.4 |
| 2008 Q4 | 16,040 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 11,106 | 7 | 1 | 630.3 |
| 2008 Q2 | 11,722 | 3 | 1 | 255.9 |
| 2008 Q1 | 7,642 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 1,707 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2008 · 5 incidents
Covol Engineered Fuels LC · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE was sitting on structural steel, reached down below the floor level to lift a chain hoist.
Covol Engineered Fuels LC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was walking/running across the construction site of a preparation plant - when he twisted his left knee on uneven ground/mud.
Covol Engineered Fuels LC · Accident type, without injuries
A fire developed on the upper most elevation of the preparation plant being constructed in Brookwood, AL for Covol Engineered Fuels. It is assumed that slag from a cutting torch unknowingly fell inside a polyethylene pipe, allowing it to smolder and eventually catch fire from the inside of the pipe(s). MSHA's 800 number was called - report # 1-52227611.
Covol Engineered Fuels LC · Contact with hot objects or substances
Employee was working under overhead personnel - hot slag/sparks fell through grating floors - striking employee in the right ear.
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