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: 143 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Francisco has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
22 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-09-27.
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.
MSHA sampling at Francisco shows 100% of 5 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: 2005-09-27, 20 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
5
samples
0.23
dust max (mg/m3)
5 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
UTILITY MAN2
HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER1
LABORER/BLACKSMITH1
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.
Francisco recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.
Injury rate, 2007
ⓘ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
Below average. The US coal mining average was 4.71 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Indiana, coal mining averaged 3.03 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
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
5.53
0.00
0.000
2004 *
5.56
5.56
0.000
2003 *
5.85
5.85
0.000
2002 *
5.61
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2007
17
2006
18
2005
19
2004
19
2003
16
2002
17
2001
15
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Francisco sits in Gibson County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 2.7% 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.
Gibson County, Indiana · Population 32,986
2.7%
Mining share of county employment
$67,763
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
2007 Q4
5,197
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
8,741
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
8,996
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
10,563
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
8,484
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
6,968
2
0
287.0
2006 Q1
11,329
1
0
88.3
2005 Q4
9,012
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2005 Q3
8,708
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
10,022
1
0
99.8
2005 Q1
8,405
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
8,325
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
10,090
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
7,873
2
0
254.0
2004 Q1
9,677
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
8,426
10
0
1186.8
2003 Q3
8,541
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
8,816
1
0
113.4
2003 Q1
8,419
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
9,488
1
0
105.4
2002 Q3
7,386
1
0
135.4
2002 Q2
9,433
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
9,330
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
4,292
3
1
699.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
2005 · 1 incident
January 30, 2005IN · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS FILLING KEROENE HEATERS USED TO APPLY HEAT TO BELTS. THE SKIDSTEER LOADER W/FORK ATTACHMENT BEING USED TO RAISE KEROSENE TANK TO RAISED HEATERS. AFTER EE RAISED TANK INTO PLACE HIE EXIT ED SKIDSTEER LOADER. WHILE EXITING, HE STEPPED ON ICE, LOST BALANCE AND FELL INTO FORK ATTACHMENT STRIKING HIS RIB CAGE.
2003 · 1 incident
February 23, 2003IN · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
PORTABLE BAND SAW WAS BEING USED TO CUT A SHAFT INTO TWO PIECES, THE EE REACHED TO CATCH THE CUT SECTION OF SHAFT AND CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE SAW BLADE. FIRST AID ADMINISTERED, EE COMPLETED SHIFT. EE WENT TO DR NEXT DAY. THE EE WAS WEARING GLOVES.
2002 · 1 incident
April 26, 2002IN · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING A PIECE OF METAL INTO PLACE TO BE WELDED THE METAL SLIPPED FROM UNDER THE PORT-A-POWER USED TO HOLD THE METAL, STRIKING EE ON THE CHIN.
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