Mining Incidents

Gayosa Coal

Controlled by David (Michael) Jamison
Oakman, Walker County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103106

Gayosa has $354 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
3
Years on record
2001
Latest incident
Oct 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
4
citations
2
significant & substantial
$354
proposed penalties
$354
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
15
inspections on record
69
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: 69 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Gayosa has $354 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.
$354
proposed penalties
$354
current assessed
$354
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-01-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Gayosa shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.22 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 15 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.
0.22
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.87
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
15
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-11-20.
Silica (quartz)
14.0
silica avg (%)
16.6
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-02-06.
Noise
10%
over PEL
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-11-20.
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
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 12,100 2 2 165.3
2001 Q4 14,171 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 16,978 0 0 0.0
Show 6 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q2 13,725 1 0 72.9
2001 Q1 3,041 1 0 328.8
2000 Q4 1,775 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2001 · 3 incidents

October 10, 2001 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Taft Coal Sales & Associates Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ASSISTING MACHANIC IN CHANGING FAN BELTS. IDLER ASSEMBLY WAS MOVED TO LOOSE POSITION BY IUSED OF PRY BAR. PRY BAR SLIPPED WHILE EE WAS POSITIONING NEW BELTS. IDLER ASSEMBLY MADE A CUT O N TOP OF RIGHT HAND, REQUIRING 9 STITCHES.

February 8, 2001 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Taft Coal Sales & Associates Inc · Fall from machine

EE SLIPPED ON CATWALK AND FELL TO GROUND. CATWALK WAS SLIPPERY FROM FUELING. TRIED TO BRAK FALL WITH LEFT WRIST.

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