Mining Incidents

BRC Wellington LLC Coal

BRC Wellington LLC · Facility
Controlled by DB RC Investments II LLC
Price, Carbon County, UT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4202398

BRC Wellington LLC has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $944 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2010–2015
Latest incident
Jan 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
37
citations
7
significant & substantial
$5,012
proposed penalties
$4,068
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $944 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
36
inspections on record
829
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: 829 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 Wellington LLC has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $944 outstanding across 1 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
$4K
paid to date
$944
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-08-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at BRC Wellington LLC shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.29 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 75 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.
0.29
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.33
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
75
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-08-20.
Silica (quartz)
7.2
silica avg (%)
17.3
silica max (%)
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-01-23.
Noise
0%
over PEL
60
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-08-20.
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 Q1 2,174 2 0 920.0
2017 Q4 2,950 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,632 1 0 215.9
2017 Q2 4,380 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5,316 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,813 5 1 1777.5
2016 Q3 3,164 3 0 948.2
2016 Q2 1,494 0 0 0.0
Show 41 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q1 512 1 0 1953.1
2015 Q4 504 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,447 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,847 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,206 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,926 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 6,507 1 0 153.7
2014 Q1 8,012 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 6,737 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 7,362 2 0 271.7
2013 Q2 5,502 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,404 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 7,247 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 8,148 1 0 122.7
2012 Q2 5,184 1 0 192.9
2012 Q1 3,381 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,802 1 0 356.9
2011 Q3 3,820 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,913 3 2 507.4
2011 Q1 9,507 1 0 105.2
2010 Q4 8,898 1 0 112.4
2010 Q3 8,316 2 0 240.5
2010 Q2 6,008 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 7,704 3 3 389.4
2009 Q4 5,297 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 6,482 3 0 462.8
2009 Q2 7,277 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 5,996 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 6,956 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 5,893 3 1 509.1
2008 Q2 5,991 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 6,202 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,092 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,882 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,020 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,071 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,029 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,336 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,273 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,839 2 0 521.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2015 · 1 incident

January 12, 2015 UT · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
BRC Wellington LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was the loader operator on shift. As he was getting down from the loader he stepped on a rock or uneven ground, therefore spraining his ankle.

2014 · 1 incident

August 4, 2014 UT · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
BRC Wellington LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting a jig hood that was too heavy. He had lower back pain.

2011 · 2 incidents

March 13, 2011 UT · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Covol Engineered Fuels LLC · Flash burns (welding)

EE was replacing a wear liner in #1 jig feed bin. As he was welding it in, the polished steel was reflecting back into the hood from the sides and behind him causing the arc burn to his eyes.

February 7, 2011 UT · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Covol Engineered Fuels LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was removing the hydraulic rams from an old crusher and was using a hammer to drive out the pins holding it in place. He missed the pin, hitting is left wrist with the hammer.

2010 · 2 incidents

October 9, 2010 UT · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Covol Engineered Fuels LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Bag house #1 tube had coal fines builing up and falling down chunks into the Jig, EE was reaching in and pulling out the chunks of coal fines and strained his neck.

January 27, 2010 UT · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Covol Engineered Fuels LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE had finshed lunch and went up in the plant to clean out the #1 baghouse hopper with an air lance which is a air hose with a 1/2 inch pipe hooked to it with a ball valve to turn air on and off with the valve. EE was removing the lance from the hopper it hit him in the mouth knocking out a lower front tooth. The ball valve is what struck him knocking the tooth out.

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