Mining Incidents

Flat Creek Coal

Triad Mining Inc · Surface
Controlled by James River Coal Company
Petersburg, Pike County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202391

Flat Creek has $6K 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
2
Years on record
2007–2008
Latest incident
May 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
23
citations
4
significant & substantial
$6,137
proposed penalties
$6,137
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
7
inspections on record
201
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: 201 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Flat Creek has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
22 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-03-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Flat Creek shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.32 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 5 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.
0.32
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.71
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-03-18.
Noise
25%
over PEL
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-03-18.
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
2010 Q1 199 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 982 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,266 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,885 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 15,655 2 1 127.8
2008 Q4 17,141 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 20,409 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 19,765 3 0 151.8
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q1 16,886 7 1 414.5
2007 Q4 15,747 1 1 63.5
2007 Q3 15,268 1 0 65.5
2007 Q2 9,875 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,853 9 1 1537.7
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2008 · 1 incident

May 14, 2008 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Triad Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee strained his right shoulder climbing off a piece of equipment; he has been working and going to therapy but the doctor decided to take him off work for further treatment on 09-29-2008.

2007 · 1 incident

September 29, 2007 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Triad Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

The clay bank in pit #1 slid into the coal pit, shoving an end dump truck which slid into the loader. Five inches of rain, 36 hours before the slide, was a contributing factor.

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The full compliance file on Flat Creek

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.