Fleetwood Mine No 1 has $78K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2000–2014
Latest incident
Jun 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
136
citations
53
significant & substantial
$77,854
proposed penalties
$71,854
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,000 gap.
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.
136 citations across 1,415 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Fleetwood Mine No 1 has $78K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$78K
proposed penalties
$72K
current assessed
$72K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
134 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $84K in penalties contested before the Commission, $50K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-01-14.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
3citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 67%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 33%
67%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
40%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$84K proposed, $50K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2007-08-28.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at Fleetwood Mine No 1 shows 97% of 415 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: 2015-04-02, 11 years ago
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
415
samples
3.80
dust max (mg/m3)
1
over MSHA ECV
ⓘThe excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
207 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 208 by the operator.
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.
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.
Fleetwood Mine No 1 recorded 6.51 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2014.
Injury rate, 2014
ⓘ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.
6.51
total case rate
3.26
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 3.96 and the all-US-mining average was 2.93 cases per 100 workers.
In Alabama, coal mining averaged 3.76 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
2014 *
6.51
3.26
0.000
2013 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2012 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2011 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2010 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
4.36
4.36
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.
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)
2015
16
23,919
2014
22
80,162
2013
22
75,937
2012
22
110,803
2011
19
115,915
2010
15
73,062
2009
0
2008
16
101,448
2007
17
90,406
2006
16
85,429
2005
17
121,896
2004
24
135,141
2003
42
266,489
2002
43
293,654
2001
41
295,404
2000
19
108,073
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Fleetwood Mine No 1 sits in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama · Population 234,036
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$63,947
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
2015 Q2
3,144
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
14,964
1
0
66.8
2014 Q4
13,570
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
16,732
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
14,557
4
0
274.8
2014 Q1
16,558
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
13,899
7
3
503.6
2013 Q3
18,376
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2013 Q2
14,463
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
17,007
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
14,950
4
2
267.6
2012 Q3
17,021
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
15,001
2
0
133.3
2012 Q1
14,862
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
13,950
2
1
143.4
2011 Q3
15,157
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
14,197
7
3
493.1
2011 Q1
11,079
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
12,928
2
1
154.7
2010 Q3
10,476
3
2
286.4
2010 Q2
12,063
1
1
82.9
2010 Q1
4,052
4
1
987.2
2009 Q4
0
0
0
2009 Q3
0
0
0
2008 Q4
9,388
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
9,783
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
12,841
1
1
77.9
2008 Q1
11,091
7
3
631.1
2007 Q4
12,574
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
10,907
1
0
91.7
2007 Q2
13,403
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
9,799
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
12,716
9
5
707.8
2006 Q3
11,353
5
2
440.4
2006 Q2
11,789
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
10,049
12
1
1194.1
2005 Q4
11,533
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
12,495
6
1
480.2
2005 Q2
10,536
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
11,853
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
14,268
4
0
280.3
2004 Q3
14,606
3
0
205.4
2004 Q2
18,294
2
2
109.3
2004 Q1
28,225
1
0
35.4
2003 Q4
26,108
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
31,440
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
26,054
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
31,218
15
10
480.5
2002 Q4
26,885
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
31,347
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
26,879
4
2
148.8
2002 Q1
31,450
2
2
63.6
2001 Q4
26,273
3
1
114.2
2001 Q3
23,245
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
23,922
6
3
250.8
2001 Q1
31,581
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
26,048
9
4
345.5
2000 Q3
17,834
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
4,795
3
1
625.7
2000 Q1
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
11 on file
2014 · 2 incidents
June 15, 2014AL · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was climbing into a dozer. He felt a pull and snap in his right shoulder but didn't report the injury to the office at that time. The injury got worse and he reported it on 8/12/14 after going to the doctor.
Employee was dumping rock from his 773B rock truck (#63W1910) when truck overturned landing upside down, causing damage to the rock truck and sending him (via ambulance) to the hospital with a back injury.
2005 · 1 incident
January 3, 2005AL · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS WELDING FOR ABOUT THIRTY MINUTES. WORKED ENTIRE SHIFT NO PROBLEMS, RIGHT EYE START BURNING ABOUT 2:00 AM NEXT MORNING 10-25-03. STILL DOESN'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED EYE BURN.
HITACHI EXCAVATOR WAS REMOVING OVERBURDEN ON COAL SEAM WHEN IT STRUCK A LOADED DRILL HOLE, CAUSING SAID HOLE TO DETONATE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO DOZER NEARBY. NO INJURIES WERE CAUSED TO OPERATORS.
2002 · 3 incidents
November 18, 2002AL · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS OPERATING HIS DOZER PUSHING ROCK. A ROCK WENT OVER EDGE OF BLADE AND GOT CAUGHT IN TILT CYLINDER AND LINES. HE PULLED UP TO TOP OF A HILL AND TRIED TO REMOVE ROCK HIMSELF. IN DOING THI S, HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
EE WAS HAVING THE ROCK TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING LOADED WITH COAL BY A FRONT END LOADER. A ROCK FELL OUT OF THE LOADER BUCKET AND HIT THE ROCK TRUCK, JARRING THE ROCK TRUCK AND EE CONTACTED THE FOREMAN AND INFORMED HIM THAT HIS BACK WAS HURTING AND THE FOREMAN TOOK EE TO E.R. TO HAVE HIS BACK EXAMINED.
2001 · 1 incident
June 14, 2001AL · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
EE WAS WORKING ON THE CHAIN OF A ROTARY DRILL WHEN THE CHAIN UNEXPECTEDLY MOVED, CAUGHT HIS RIGHT HAND AND ROLLED IT WHICH RESULTD IN THE SMALL FINGER BEING FRACTURED.
EE WAS DISCONNECTING THE PUMP HOSE FROM THE WATER TRK AFTER FILLING TRK W/WATER TO SPRAY ROAD. AS HE REMOVED THE HOSE, DUE TO THE WATER HAVING WET EVERYTHING THE HOSE WAS FALLING FROM HIS GRI P.AS HE JERKED HIS HAND OUT OF THE WAY OF THE HOSE CONNECTOR HE HIT HIS HAND ON A B3OLT ON THE PRAY BAR WHICH RESULTED IN HIS HAND BEING SLICED BETWEEN THUMB & INDEX FINGER REQUIRING SEVERAL S
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