Mining Incidents

Fancy Lump Mine No 2: 92 MSHA citations Coal

Treadway Inc · Surface
Controlled by Phillip Treadway
Jasper, Walker County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103107

Fancy Lump Mine No 2 has $13K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
92
citations
39
significant & substantial
$12,661
proposed penalties
$12,661
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
50
inspections on record
563
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: 563 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Fancy Lump Mine No 2 has $13K 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
92 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-09-18.
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.
42.4%
significant & substantial
2.2%
high negligence or reckless
42.4%
reasonably likely or greater
19.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.3% low, 93.5% moderate, 2.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Fancy Lump Mine No 2 shows 96% of 125 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: 2006-09-26, 19 years ago
96%
within 1.5 mg/m3
125
samples
2.77
dust max (mg/m3)
56 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 69 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR65
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR24
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE14

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2006-10-04, 19 years ago
14.4
silica avg (%)
8
samples
19.0
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR6
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR1
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE1

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.

Last sampled: 2006-09-22, 19 years ago
0%
over PEL
37
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR10
  • HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR7
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER6
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2006 100% 13
2005 90% 21
2004 94% 33
2003 90% 10
2002 100% 18
2001 100% 13
2000 100% 17
Silica (quartz) by year
Year silica avg (%) samples
2006 16.7 2
2004 18.6 2
2002 12.7 2
2001 9.7 2
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2006 0% 8
2003 0% 9
2002 0% 5
2001 0% 5
2000 0% 10
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Fancy Lump Mine No 2 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.

Injury rate, 2006
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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US coal mining average was 4.87 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In Alabama, coal mining averaged 6.43 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
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 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.
Ownership history
  1. Treadyway Inc 1997 to present
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)
2006 27 84,406
2005 34 78,808
2004 37 157,347
2003 26 140,811
2002 25 78,683
2001 27 172,205
2000 15 142,428
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Fancy Lump Mine No 2 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
2006 Q4 6,484 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 18,950 13 1 686.0
2006 Q2 18,687 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 20,756 13 1 626.3
2005 Q4 20,127 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 18,187 6 3 329.9
2005 Q2 15,715 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 21,381 15 8 701.6
Show 20 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q4 29,320 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 29,820 7 0 234.7
2004 Q2 22,804 1 1 43.9
2004 Q1 21,536 1 0 46.4
2003 Q4 19,101 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 16,931 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 17,375 3 3 172.7
2003 Q1 12,418 6 4 483.2
2002 Q4 15,215 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 17,914 9 6 502.4
2002 Q2 12,673 1 1 78.9
2002 Q1 14,068 6 4 426.5
2001 Q4 16,623 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 18,137 5 3 275.7
2001 Q2 15,719 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 15,854 3 2 189.2
2000 Q4 12,888 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 12,573 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 8,010 1 1 124.8
2000 Q1 7,145 1 0 140.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.