BRC Alabama No. 7 LLC has $400 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
2
Years on record
2009–2011
Latest incident
Jul 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
4
citations
0
significant & substantial
$400
proposed penalties
$400
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: 506 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. 7 LLC has $400 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.
$400
proposed penalties
$400
current assessed
$400
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-03-04.
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. 7 LLC shows 100% of 65 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: 2015-08-04, 11 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
65
samples
0.66
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
ⓘThe excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
65 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
LABORER/BLACKSMITH11
HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER7
PREPARATION PLANT FOREMAN6
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. 7 LLC recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2014.
Injury rate, 2014
ⓘ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 3.96 and the all-US-mining average was 2.93 cases per 100 workers.
In Alabama, coal mining averaged 3.76 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
2014 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2011 *
3.60
3.60
0.000
2008 *
0.00
0.00
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
17
16,818
2014
18
66,006
2013
11
2012
11
8,993
2011
22
59,388
2010
0
2009
7
9,103
2008
14
13,062
2007
0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
BRC Alabama No. 7 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 Q3
3,401
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
9,146
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
7,758
2
0
257.8
2014 Q4
9,796
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
11,011
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
11,626
1
0
86.0
2014 Q1
11,051
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
6,456
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2013 Q3
5,451
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
2,417
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
1,074
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
3,621
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
13,382
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
12,489
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
15,059
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
12,606
1
0
79.3
2011 Q1
15,437
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
0
0
0
2010 Q3
0
0
0
2009 Q3
0
0
0
2009 Q2
0
0
0
2009 Q1
9,426
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
14,266
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
13,918
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
356
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
203
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
0
0
0
2007 Q3
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2011 · 1 incident
July 18, 2011AL · Coalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS