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Buttahatchee Mine No 1: 53 MSHA citations Coal

Brilliant, Marion County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103393

Buttahatchee Mine No 1 has $11K 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
4
Years on record
2010–2012
Latest incident
Oct 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
53
citations
17
significant & substantial
$10,598
proposed penalties
$10,598
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Iron Eagle Land Rehabilitation, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
25
inspections on record
392
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: 392 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Buttahatchee Mine No 1 has $11K 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
53 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-04-10.
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.
32.1%
significant & substantial
1.9%
high negligence or reckless
32.1%
reasonably likely or greater
5.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 1.9% low, 96.2% moderate, 1.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Buttahatchee Mine No 1 shows 100% of 89 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: 2019-10-17, 6 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
89
samples
0.92
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.
68 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 21 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR41
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE15
  • HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR13

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2019-04-16, 7 years ago
17.5
silica avg (%)
5
samples
29.2
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR3
  • BACKHOE OPERATOR1
  • HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR1
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

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.

Last sampled: 2018-10-23, 7 years ago
3%
over PEL
38
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR11
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE9
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER6
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2019 100% 13
2018 100% 9
2012 100% 25
2011 100% 16
2010 100% 18
2009 100% 8
Silica (quartz) by year
Year silica avg (%) samples
2019 17.1 1
2011 29.2 1
2010 14.8 2
2009 11.4 1
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2018 0% 5
2012 0% 14
2011 0% 7
2010 14% 7
2009 0% 5
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Buttahatchee Mine No 1 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2019.

Injury rate, 2019
ⓘ 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 3.39 and the all-US-mining average was 2.32 cases per 100 workers.
In Alabama, coal mining averaged 2.95 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
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2012 * 12.44 0.00 0.000
2011 * 4.25 0.00 0.000
2010 * 4.85 4.85 0.000
2009 * 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.
Ownership history
  1. Twin Pines Coal Company, Inc. 2008 to 2009
  2. Hope Coal Company Inc 2009 to 2010
  3. National Coal of Alabama, Inc 2010 to 2013
  4. Reed Minerals, Inc 2013 to 2014
  5. Centennial Natural Resources LLC 2014 to 2017
  6. Yellowhammer Energy Solutions, LLC. 2017 to 2018
  7. Cedar Lake Mining, Inc. 2018 to 2021
  8. Best Coal Inc. 2021 to 2024
  9. Iron Eagle Land Rehabilitation, LLC 2024 to present
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)
2019 8 77,299
2018 5 15,618
2012 14 181,942
2011 21 119,240
2010 18 79,174
2009 26 167,286
2008 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Buttahatchee Mine No 1 sits in Marion County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Marion County, Alabama · Population 29,190
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$50,714
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
2019 Q4 4,070 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 6,249 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,712 1 0 212.2
2019 Q1 6,821 3 1 439.8
2018 Q4 4,389 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 565 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,668 2 0 545.3
2012 Q3 10,184 0 0 0.0
Show 15 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q2 11,665 2 1 171.5
2012 Q1 6,646 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 8,797 2 1 227.4
2011 Q3 14,163 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 11,815 1 0 84.6
2011 Q1 12,255 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 7,634 1 1 131.0
2010 Q3 13,336 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,047 3 0 741.3
2010 Q1 16,205 10 2 617.1
2009 Q4 19,289 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 18,301 19 10 1038.2
2009 Q2 13,993 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 8,202 7 0 853.5
2008 Q4 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2012 · 2 incidents

July 18, 2012 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Coal of Alabama, Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working on a piece of equipment and a port power bolt broke and came back and hit his hand.

2011 · 1 incident

June 25, 2011 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Coal of Alabama, Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was pulling a pump hose and the hose slipped out of his hand pulling his right shoulder.

2010 · 1 incident

July 15, 2010 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Hope Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He was replacing an undercarriage on a 800 Trackhoe. The air gun he was using caught his right hand and cut his ring finger.