Mining Incidents

Cold Springs West Mine Coal

Controlled by Twin Pines LLC
Cold Springs, Cullman County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103361

Cold Springs West Mine has $1K 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
2
Years on record
2008–2009
Latest incident
Oct 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
12
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,295
proposed penalties
$1,295
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
15
inspections on record
181
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: 181 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Cold Springs West Mine has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-07-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Cold Springs West Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.14 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 18 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.
0.14
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.78
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
18
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-08-02.
Silica (quartz)
22.2
silica avg (%)
22.2
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-03-05.
Noise
0%
over PEL
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-07-25.
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
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 16,334 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 16,693 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 18,974 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 21,868 4 0 182.9
2008 Q2 1,700 3 0 1764.7
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2009 · 1 incident

October 28, 2009 AL · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Twin Pines Coal Company · Fall from machine

EE had exited cab of 45 ton mobile crane & was walking on deck to outrigger to step down to the ground. He allegedly saw a spot of grease on the motor compartment & bent down to wipe if off. As he raised up he hit his head on the jib section which was folded up alongside of the boom. EE staggered & fell off the mobile crane to the ground below ( six foot fall).

2008 · 1 incident

August 13, 2008 AL · Coal FIRE
Twin Pines Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

When we arrived at the mine for the 1st shift, supervisor's found a D-10 dozer company # 221 had burned during the night. The evening shift had parked the dozer at 2:00 am. There were no signs of foul play.

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The full compliance file on Cold Springs West Mine

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