Mining Incidents

Dixie Mine Coal

Ellis Minerals Llc · Surface
Controlled by A J Taft
Jasper, Walker County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103131

Dixie Mine has $55 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
3
Years on record
1999–2000
Latest incident
Oct 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1
citations
0
significant & substantial
$55
proposed penalties
$55
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
12
inspections on record
76
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: 76 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Dixie Mine has $55 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.
$55
proposed penalties
$55
current assessed
$55
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-02-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Dixie Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.15 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 21 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.
0.15
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.41
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
21
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-01-31.
Noise
14%
over PEL
7
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-01-31.
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
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 12,393 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 11,253 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 13,432 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 12,054 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6,419 1 0 155.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2000 · 1 incident

October 7, 2000 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ellis Minerals Llc · Fall from machine

MUD ON DOZER TRACK. FOOT SLIPPED OFF TRACK. EE FELL TO GROUND. EE LANDED ON LEFT SIDE OF FACE.

1999 · 2 incidents

December 4, 1999 AL · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ellis Minerals Llc · Fall from machine

INJURED PERSON LOST HIS BALANCE WHILE CLIMBING ON DRILL. LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS CUT OFF AT NAIL BED BY EXHAUST FAN.

December 3, 1999 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Ellis Minerals Llc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CAB DOOR WAS BLOWN SHUT BY WIND. DOOR CLOSED ON RIGHT HAND.

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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.