Mining Incidents

Fidelity Mine Coal

Energy Recovery, LLC · Facility
Controlled by Kenny Sentel; Bob Brown
DuQuoin, Perry County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1103254

Fidelity Mine has $973 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
1
Years on record
2013
Latest incident
Apr 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
2
citations
1
significant & substantial
$973
proposed penalties
$973
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
7
inspections on record
61
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: 61 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Fidelity Mine has $973 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.
$973
proposed penalties
$973
current assessed
$973
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-10-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Fidelity Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.14 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 7 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)
0.31
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
7
samples
Most recent sample: 2013-08-06.
Noise
0%
over PEL
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2013-02-06.
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
2013 Q4 2,572 2 1 777.6
2013 Q3 3,626 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,351 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2013 · 1 incident

April 1, 2013 IL · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Energy Recovery, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was removing bracing from the outside structure to prepare for the installation of new equipment. While removing the bracing, one of the angles shifted and his little finger was caught in a pinch point. The injury was located at the most distal knuckle of the right pinky finger. At this point they were able to save the finger.

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