Mining Incidents

Cane Creek Mine Coal

Cordova, Walker County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103372

Cane Creek Mine has $2K 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
1
Years on record
2010
Latest incident
Jan 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
23
citations
8
significant & substantial
$2,438
proposed penalties
$2,438
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
32
inspections on record
357
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: 357 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Cane Creek Mine has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-07-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Cane Creek Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.22 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 66 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.
0.22
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.25
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
66
samples
Most recent sample: 2017-05-31.
Silica (quartz)
12.2
silica avg (%)
15.9
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-02-21.
Noise
3%
over PEL
39
samples
Most recent sample: 2017-05-31.
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 Q3 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
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
Show 30 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q2 950 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q1 1,428 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 16,107 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 12,517 1 1 79.9
2014 Q2 9,676 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,659 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 8,168 3 0 367.3
2013 Q3 8,150 1 0 122.7
2013 Q2 8,511 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 7,572 3 1 396.2
2012 Q4 6,667 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 208 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,173 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 9,334 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 12,301 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 15,153 1 0 66.0
2009 Q3 14,397 1 1 69.5
2009 Q2 15,251 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 13,531 5 0 369.5
2008 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 128 8 5 62500.0
2007 Q4 2,880 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2010 · 1 incident

January 5, 2010 AL · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cane Creek LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE was walking down ramp in the E-10 pit to check pump when EE slipped on the ice. EE caught himself with his right hand causing injury to right wrist.

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