Two employees were in route to begin shift loading holes in #11 Pit. As they traveled into the West end of this pit and attempted to drive up ramp onto work area the highwall collapsed resulting in death to both employees.
Equality Coal
Equality has $158K in proposed MSHA penalties and $791 outstanding across 46 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 2
- Total incidents
- 19
- Years on record
- 2011–2017
- Latest incident
- Oct 2017
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Equality has $158K in proposed MSHA penalties and $791 outstanding across 46 contested dockets.
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.MSHA sampling at Equality shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.12 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 248 samples.
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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 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.ⓘ
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.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q2 | 1,997 | 2 | 0 | 1001.5 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,407 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 15384.6 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,636 | 4 | 0 | 2445.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Q2 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 249 | 1 | 0 | 4016.1 |
| 2021 Q4 | 1,285 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 837 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 584 | 2 | 0 | 3424.7 |
| 2021 Q1 | 97 | 2 | 0 | 20618.6 |
| 2020 Q4 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 538461.5 |
| 2019 Q2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q4 | 24,705 | 4 | 1 | 161.9 |
| 2017 Q3 | 39,338 | 12 | 2 | 305.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 43,574 | 16 | 3 | 367.2 |
| 2017 Q1 | 51,023 | 8 | 1 | 156.8 |
| 2016 Q4 | 51,782 | 4 | 0 | 77.2 |
| 2016 Q3 | 54,002 | 2 | 0 | 37.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 41,203 | 7 | 0 | 169.9 |
| 2016 Q1 | 65,568 | 6 | 3 | 91.5 |
| 2015 Q4 | 60,621 | 9 | 5 | 148.5 |
| 2015 Q3 | 68,696 | 2 | 0 | 29.1 |
| 2015 Q2 | 66,748 | 10 | 4 | 149.8 |
| 2015 Q1 | 70,137 | 6 | 1 | 85.5 |
| 2014 Q4 | 90,596 | 12 | 8 | 132.5 |
| 2014 Q3 | 94,074 | 5 | 1 | 53.1 |
| 2014 Q2 | 94,324 | 9 | 4 | 95.4 |
| 2014 Q1 | 92,685 | 11 | 3 | 118.7 |
| 2013 Q4 | 84,530 | 4 | 1 | 47.3 |
| 2013 Q3 | 103,396 | 7 | 0 | 67.7 |
| 2013 Q2 | 99,006 | 2 | 0 | 20.2 |
| 2013 Q1 | 94,224 | 10 | 4 | 106.1 |
| 2012 Q4 | 93,150 | 1 | 0 | 10.7 |
| 2012 Q3 | 95,198 | 1 | 1 | 10.5 |
| 2012 Q2 | 88,001 | 14 | 10 | 159.1 |
| 2012 Q1 | 98,454 | 5 | 3 | 50.8 |
| 2011 Q4 | 87,560 | 4 | 0 | 45.7 |
| 2011 Q3 | 89,471 | 4 | 2 | 44.7 |
| 2011 Q2 | 76,872 | 3 | 2 | 39.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 75,061 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 65,973 | 5 | 0 | 75.8 |
| 2010 Q3 | 20,688 | 3 | 1 | 145.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2009 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fatalities at this mine
2 recordedTwo employees were in route to begin shift loading holes in #11 Pit. As they traveled into the West end of this pit and attempted to drive up ramp onto work area the highwall collapsed resulting in death to both employees.
Reportable incidents
17 on file (excluding fatalities above)2017 · 3 incidents
Employee was in the process of removing an impeller when the ratchet the employee was using slipped mashing finger causing a laceration requiring three stitches
Employee was cleaning outside widows on unit #107 777F Cat end dump, lost their footing causing them to pivot around while holding the handrail striking the handrail with their left rib area.
The employee strained employee's back while replacing the ripper shank guard on a D-11 dozer.
2015 · 3 incidents
The employee was assisting a contract mechanic install a track on a dozer, the contract mechanic hit the alligator link on the track with a sledge hammer and a piece of the hammer splintered off and hit the employee in the arm.
The employee was dismounting a Cat skidder when he slipped and fell on the last step causing an injury to his back.
The employee fell on snow covered and frozen ground injuring his lower back.
2014 · 7 incidents
using a ladder to change oil filter - while reaching for filter the ladder tipped over sprained right ankle
Employee was traveling from the parking area to the PC800 Track hoe that he was going to operate, when he reached his destination he stepped out of the F-350 man trip van and stepped into a hole or on a rock and turned his right ankle.
Slipped in mud twisted back.
EE was removing grease in the tub of Unit #347 dragline when he started feeling light headed, ee and another ee exited the tub of the dragline to get some water upon getting the water ee collapsed and struck his chin on the floor of the dragline causing a laceration. he was transported by ambulance to O.C.H. where he received eleven stitches
Employee was in the process of replacing the drag ropes on Dragline, he was removing the u-bolts that attach the new cable to a wooden spool. As he pried the u-bolt out, the cable spun on the spool and the end of the cable hit him on left shoulder resulting in a fractured shoulder blade. As he fell he sprained his left wrist also.
Employee was operating a 773F haul truck and stated the bed was bouncing up and down when empty, causing him to injure his lower back. Employee did not Communicate to anyone that he was injured until 04/29/2014.
Employee was operating a 777F Haul Truck, and sometime during the shift employee injured his back, employee did not report the incident until 3/1/14. Employee stated the incident actually occurred on 2/14/14.
2013 · 1 incident
Employee's truck was in the maint. area, his truck had just been in for repair. He proceeded to do his pre-op check on the truck when he lost his footing and sprained his knee.
2012 · 2 incidents
employee stepped on an uneven surface and dislocated his left knee.
truck traveling up ramp front end came up turning over on its side
2011 · 1 incident
A mechanic was installing brakes on a piece of equipment using a pry bar to hold tension on brake shoes while he inserted the rollers when the bar slipped catching his finger causing a small cut on it.
The full compliance file on Equality
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.