Injured was walking in the clean coal yard and tripped over a rock. EE landed on EE's hand and sprained EE's wrist. EE was seen at the Dr. on 4/8/2024 and a splint was placed on EE's wrist.
Freelandville East Coal
Sunrise Coal, LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Hallador Energy Company
Freelandville,
Knox County,
IN
·
NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 1202339
Freelandville East has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $240 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2024
- Latest incident
- Apr 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
76
citations
11
significant & substantial
$21,993
proposed penalties
$21,423
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $570 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
61
inspections on record
1,002
inspection hours
7.6
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.76 citations across 1,002 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Freelandville East has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $240 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$22K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$240
outstanding
76 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-08-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Freelandville East shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.24 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 145 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.0.24
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.51
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
145
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-02-04.
Silica (quartz)
7.4
silica avg (%)
12.0
silica max (%)
12
samples
Most recent sample: 2024-05-01.
Noise
10%
over PEL
70
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-02-04.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 3,935 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 3,943 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 3,495 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 3,385 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 4,452 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 4,524 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 7,030 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 12,097 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 8,587 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 5,783 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 17,050 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 32,244 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 20,873 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 9,119 | 1 | 0 | 109.7 |
| 2022 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q1 | 600 | 1 | 0 | 1666.7 |
| 2017 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q3 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 639 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 1,913 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 3,640 | 1 | 0 | 274.7 |
| 2015 Q2 | 3,007 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 9,216 | 1 | 0 | 108.5 |
| 2014 Q4 | 13,102 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 10,771 | 1 | 1 | 92.8 |
| 2014 Q2 | 11,692 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 13,347 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 11,774 | 1 | 1 | 84.9 |
| 2013 Q3 | 14,591 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 13,819 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 13,723 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 11,775 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 12,308 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 13,729 | 1 | 1 | 72.8 |
| 2012 Q1 | 11,279 | 1 | 0 | 88.7 |
| 2011 Q3 | 467 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 10,313 | 2 | 0 | 193.9 |
| 2011 Q1 | 13,568 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 14,077 | 1 | 0 | 71.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 14,550 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 13,627 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 13,176 | 4 | 0 | 303.6 |
| 2009 Q4 | 13,173 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 14,259 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 14,487 | 4 | 0 | 276.1 |
| 2009 Q1 | 15,314 | 7 | 0 | 457.1 |
| 2008 Q4 | 12,774 | 3 | 1 | 234.9 |
| 2008 Q3 | 14,971 | 7 | 1 | 467.6 |
| 2008 Q2 | 15,786 | 1 | 0 | 63.3 |
| 2008 Q1 | 15,337 | 5 | 0 | 326.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 13,692 | 10 | 3 | 730.4 |
| 2007 Q3 | 13,409 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 13,779 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 12,151 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 11,273 | 1 | 0 | 88.7 |
| 2006 Q3 | 11,278 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 11,302 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 12,626 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 10,805 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 13,675 | 8 | 3 | 585.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 7,570 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 12,672 | 7 | 0 | 552.4 |
| 2004 Q4 | 10,663 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 9,329 | 8 | 0 | 857.5 |
| 2004 Q2 | 10,180 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 2,774 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2024 · 1 incident
April 5, 2024
IN · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sunrise Coal, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface
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