Mining Incidents

Freelandville West Underground Coal

Freelandville, Knox County, IN  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1202423

Freelandville West Underground has $237K in proposed MSHA penalties and $53K outstanding across 12 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
23
Years on record
2012–2016
Latest incident
Mar 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
312
citations
76
significant & substantial
$237,423
proposed penalties
$156,568
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $80,855 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
150
inspections on record
7,143
inspection hours
4.4
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.
312 citations across 7,143 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Freelandville West Underground has $237K in proposed MSHA penalties and $53K outstanding across 12 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.
$237K
proposed penalties
$209K
current assessed
$157K
paid to date
$53K
outstanding
294 assessments are final orders; 12 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-01-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Freelandville West Underground shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.73 mg/m3 (91% compliant) across 648 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.
0.73
dust avg (mg/m3)
3.65
dust max (mg/m3)
91%
within 1.5 mg/m3
648
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-03-02.
Silica (quartz)
4.3
silica avg (%)
9.9
silica max (%)
56
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-03-08.
Noise
18%
over PEL
125
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-02-29.
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
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 Q1 0 1 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
Show 28 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q1 512 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 10,339 9 2 870.5
2016 Q1 31,752 13 3 409.4
2015 Q4 30,485 28 7 918.5
2015 Q3 48,218 28 10 580.7
2015 Q2 55,170 27 4 489.4
2015 Q1 52,809 19 1 359.8
2014 Q4 49,990 17 6 340.1
2014 Q3 48,236 17 4 352.4
2014 Q2 56,543 5 1 88.4
2014 Q1 62,907 31 9 492.8
2013 Q4 59,878 13 4 217.1
2013 Q3 63,225 24 8 379.6
2013 Q2 61,948 31 7 500.4
2013 Q1 54,107 10 1 184.8
2012 Q4 24,913 9 3 361.3
2012 Q3 26,590 9 2 338.5
2012 Q2 25,734 6 0 233.2
2012 Q1 26,692 3 1 112.4
2011 Q4 24,746 5 1 202.1
2011 Q3 22,323 1 0 44.8
2011 Q2 14,019 3 2 214.0
2011 Q1 13,924 3 0 215.5
2010 Q4 11,061 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,994 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

23 on file

2016 · 2 incidents

March 3, 2016 IN · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Triad Underground Mining LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was getting out of coal hauler and twisted left ankle. Started missing work on 3/5/2016.

2015 · 7 incidents

November 17, 2015 IN · Coal rock duster POWERED HAULAGE
Triad Underground Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating a shuttle car, and was getting a load at the miner. The car got on top of the bumper of the miner and was lifted a few inches. When the car pulled away, it dropped and caused the operator to bounce and jam his head into the canopy.

August 31, 2015 IN · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triad Underground Mining LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was changing roller in a tail piece and strained their back.

February 12, 2015 IN · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Triad Underground Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was tramming a single boom roof bolter and pinched their hand between the equipment and a wooden prop causing a right closed fracture of metacarpal bone, distal 2nd on the right hand.

January 28, 2015 IN · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Triad Underground Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was inserting drill steel in truss bolter pot with right hand, and caught cuff of left hand on the guide clamp lever catching his right hand in the guide clamp. Employees right hand required surgery.

2014 · 5 incidents

March 12, 2014 IN · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Triad Underground Mining L.L.C. · Accident type, without injuries

A planned roof fall occurred on the active MMU 002 section located at x-cut 31 in the # 2 entry of the S1 M4 headings. Fall measured approximately 20' l x 17' w x 12' h.

January 15, 2014 IN · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triad Underground Mining L.L.C. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was releasing a chain tie down from a secured load. The handle sprung back, striking the employee in the face breaking/displacing the bones of the nose.

January 10, 2014 IN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Triad Underground Mining L.L.C. · Struck by falling object

Individual was roof bolting in the #3 entry, right slab @ xc 18 on unit #2. When a piece of rock fell from roof striking canopy on DBT roof bolter, flipping over and striking individual on the left side of head and left ear resulting in stitches.

2013 · 3 incidents

July 25, 2013 IN · Coal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triad Underground Mining L.L.C. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Cutting prop setters, went to slide one out of truck and smashed left pinky finger between prop setter and the bed of truck. X-ray revealed a fracture.

April 23, 2013 IN · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Triad Underground Mining L.L.C. · Accident type, without injuries

An unplanned roof fall occurred on the 1st Submain Southeast on MMU 001 at crosscut 5 in entry 1. Fall measurements 25 feet long, 8 feet high and 16 feet wide.

2012 · 6 incidents

September 22, 2012 IN · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Triad Underground Mining L.L.C. · Accident type, without injuries

An unplanned roof fall occurred in the #6 entry at xc 28 along the 1st Main Northwest intake. Fallen Material measures approximately 18'w x 18'l x 12'h.

September 18, 2012 IN · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Triad Underground Mining L.L.C. · Accident type, without injuries

An unplanned roof fall occurred in the #6 entry at xc 46 along the 1st Main Southwest primary escape way. Fallen material measures approximately 18'w x 18'l x 12'h.

August 30, 2012 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Triad Underground Mining L.L.C. · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was exiting a DBT battery scoop when right foot slipped and left shin struck the deck of operators compartment causing a 2.5" x .25" laceration. Received stitches and staples.

May 23, 2012 IN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Triad Underground Mining L.L.C. · Struck by falling object

Employee was raising canopy on double boom roof bolter and had left hand on canopy when a piece of shale (3' x 10" x 6")fell from between the bolts and struck his hand causing a laceration. Received 3 stitches.

April 10, 2012 IN · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Triad Underground Mining L.L.C. · Struck by falling object

Employee was getting ready to clean the scrubber screen when a piece of shale 24" long x 24" wide x 4" to 6" thick fell from between the bolts striking his left hand which was resting on the miner. The avulsion that occurred required 15 stitches.

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The full compliance file on Freelandville West Underground

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.