Grass Creek Mine Coal
Spring Gulch Coal Company
· Surface
Controlled by
Jim Kummerfeld
Grass Creek,
Hot Springs County,
WY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4800995
Grass Creek Mine has $2K 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
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
18
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,812
proposed penalties
$1,812
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
22
inspections on record
463
inspection hours
n/a
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.Rate withheld: 463 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Grass Creek Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-10-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Grass Creek Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.14 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 32 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.0.14
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.63
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
32
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-10-15.
Silica (quartz)
10.4
silica avg (%)
10.4
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-04-11.
Noise
0%
over PEL
20
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-10-15.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q1 | 498 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 1,421 | 1 | 0 | 703.7 |
| 2014 Q3 | 969 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 1,581 | 1 | 1 | 632.5 |
| 2014 Q1 | 1,683 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 1,583 | 3 | 1 | 1895.1 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Q3 | 1,625 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 1,618 | 1 | 1 | 618.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 1,587 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 1,948 | 2 | 0 | 1026.7 |
| 2012 Q3 | 1,054 | 2 | 0 | 1897.5 |
| 2012 Q2 | 1,061 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 1,791 | 1 | 0 | 558.3 |
| 2011 Q4 | 2,057 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 1,849 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 1,571 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 1,867 | 1 | 0 | 535.6 |
| 2010 Q4 | 2,074 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 1,213 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 2,080 | 1 | 1 | 480.8 |
| 2010 Q1 | 2,595 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 2,348 | 1 | 0 | 425.9 |
| 2009 Q3 | 1,989 | 2 | 0 | 1005.5 |
| 2009 Q2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 560 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 612 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 398 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q1 | 743 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 780 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q2 | 560 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 1,578 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 1,450 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 1,543 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 1,863 | 1 | 0 | 536.8 |
| 2005 Q1 | 1,675 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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The full compliance file on Grass Creek Mine
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.