Mining Incidents

Burton #1 Mine Coal

Controlled by James J Wayland
Alton, Kane County, UT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4202639

Burton #1 Mine has $85K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2015
Latest incident
May 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
25
citations
5
significant & substantial
$84,966
proposed penalties
$10,766
paid to date
13% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $74,200 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
21
inspections on record
1,009
inspection hours
2.5
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.
25 citations across 1,009 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Burton #1 Mine has $85K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$85K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-02-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Burton #1 Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.43 mg/m3 (97% compliant) across 36 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.
0.43
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.53
dust max (mg/m3)
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
36
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-10-17.
Silica (quartz)
5.7
silica avg (%)
6.7
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-03-01.
Noise
0%
over PEL
12
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-08-29.
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
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 875 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 802 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 96 2 2 20833.3
2016 Q4 587 1 0 1703.6
2016 Q3 1,245 2 0 1606.4
2016 Q2 4,891 3 0 613.4
2016 Q1 8,533 9 2 1054.7
2015 Q4 7,815 3 0 383.9
2015 Q3 5,145 2 0 388.7
2015 Q2 3,332 3 1 900.4
2015 Q1 733 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2015 · 1 incident

May 18, 2015 UT · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Alton Coal Development LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Subject was installing a wedge on the portal canopy. The subject was using an ax. The ax slipped and hit his left index finger just below the base of the finger nail.

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