Cresent Valley Mine has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $590 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2010–2011
Latest incident
Apr 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
42
citations
14
significant & substantial
$10,340
proposed penalties
$8,700
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,640 gap.
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: 381 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Cresent Valley Mine has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $590 outstanding across 2 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$590
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $520 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-02-04.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
67%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $520 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2012-01-30.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at Cresent Valley Mine shows 97% of 92 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: 2019-03-27, 7 years ago
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
92
samples
2.00
dust max (mg/m3)
1
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.
80 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 12 by the operator.
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.
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.
Cresent Valley Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2012.
Injury rate, 2012
ⓘ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 3.74 and the all-US-mining average was 2.96 cases per 100 workers.
In Alabama, coal mining averaged 4.66 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
2012 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2011 *
4.70
0.00
0.000
2010 *
6.26
0.00
0.000
2009 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2008 *
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.
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)
2020
0
2019
12
31,745
2018
19
89,468
2013
1
2,860
2012
12
88,003
2011
17
121,786
2010
17
63,405
2009
20
113,521
2008
9
108,871
2007
0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Cresent Valley Mine sits in Walker County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 3.3% 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.
Walker County, Alabama · Population 64,886
3.3%
Mining share of county employment
$54,509
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
2020 Q2
0
0
0
2019 Q4
0
0
0
2019 Q1
13,424
1
0
74.5
2018 Q4
15,508
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
8,707
4
0
459.4
2018 Q1
4,960
5
2
1008.1
2013 Q2
250
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
371
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2012 Q4
1,933
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
7,580
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
9,026
2
0
221.6
2012 Q1
9,696
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
11,418
2
1
175.2
2011 Q3
11,853
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
10,553
5
0
473.8
2011 Q1
8,758
9
4
1027.6
2010 Q4
6,796
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
8,282
3
1
362.2
2010 Q2
8,431
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
8,451
1
0
118.3
2009 Q4
6,727
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
8,637
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
9,673
5
3
516.9
2009 Q1
16,105
1
0
62.1
2008 Q4
12,167
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
10,484
2
1
190.8
2008 Q2
0
0
0
2008 Q1
0
0
0
2007 Q4
0
0
0
2007 Q3
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2011 · 1 incident
April 9, 2011AL · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was working on the door of a D10 dozer, he removed the door & it slipped pinching his finger, he jerked his hand out from under the door cutting his right pinky finger.
The injuried was using a grinder to smooth rough edges of a shaft and several small pieces of metal came off and flew under his safety glasses and got lodged under his right eye lid.