Mining Incidents

BRC Chinook LLC Coal

BRC Chinook LLC · Surface
Controlled by Steve Rickmeier
Riley, Clay County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202397

BRC Chinook LLC has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2007–2011
Latest incident
Apr 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
31
citations
8
significant & substantial
$11,278
proposed penalties
$4,882
paid to date
43% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,396 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
34
inspections on record
708
inspection hours
n/a
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: 708 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 Chinook LLC has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$6K
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-09-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at BRC Chinook LLC shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.10 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 49 samples.

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.
0.10
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.50
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
49
samples
Most recent sample: 2017-07-12.
Noise
16%
over PEL
25
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-11-21.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,200 0 0 0.0
Show 36 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q3 1,120 2 0 1785.7
2016 Q2 1,300 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 540 8 4 14814.8
2015 Q4 1,300 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 980 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,029 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,024 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,120 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,058 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,029 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,474 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,978 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,828 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,885 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4,824 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 5,300 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,023 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,974 1 0 201.0
2012 Q1 5,768 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 9,691 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 10,605 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 8,868 1 1 112.8
2011 Q1 9,006 1 1 111.0
2010 Q4 10,478 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 7,280 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 7,288 1 1 137.2
2010 Q1 7,578 1 0 132.0
2009 Q4 9,126 3 0 328.7
2009 Q3 8,551 1 0 116.9
2009 Q2 10,480 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 11,435 1 1 87.5
2008 Q4 11,826 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 12,268 4 0 326.1
2008 Q2 13,200 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,793 6 0 1251.8
2007 Q4 4,312 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2011 · 1 incident

April 28, 2011 IN · Coal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Covol Engineered Fuels · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Heavy rain and deep mud, the employee was going up and down on the track hoe, when he slipped on the steps of the track hoe and caught himself with right hand and straining his right shoulder.

2010 · 2 incidents

October 12, 2010 IN · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Covol Engineered Fuels · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

employee was tightening the bolts on the pipe line for the dredge and pulled his shoulder and bicep of his left arm.

February 19, 2010 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Covol Engineered Fuels · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

10dB STS on right ear from annual evaluation on 9/16/09 and a 25dB reportable loss since baseline evaluation on 12/10/07.

2008 · 1 incident

July 15, 2008 IN · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Covol Engineered Fuels · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Drilling 4.5" hole in siding @ plant overhead. Once drill went thru it grabbed and turned bit into 3rd & 4th finger on left hand.

2007 · 2 incidents

December 11, 2007 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Covol Engineered Fuels · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was bending down to pick up plastic pipe. Employee stated that he was not doing anything out of his routine duties. Nothing strenuous or unsafe. He said he felt the pain when he bent over.

August 9, 2007 IN · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Covol Engineered Fuels · Struck by flying object

Employee was grinding steel with a hand held grinder throughout the day. Wearing a faceshield and glasses, when he got home he felt an irritation in his right eye.

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The full compliance file on BRC Chinook LLC

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.