Mining Incidents

Gurnee Surface Mine Coal

Pea Ridge, Shelby County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103472

Gurnee Surface Mine has $520 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 2014
5
citations
2
significant & substantial
$520
proposed penalties
$520
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
9
inspections on record
215
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: 215 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Gurnee Surface Mine has $520 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.
$520
proposed penalties
$520
current assessed
$520
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-05-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Gurnee Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.12 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 57 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.
0.12
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.54
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
57
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-09-08.
Silica (quartz)
9.8
silica avg (%)
14.0
silica max (%)
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-09-15.
Noise
0%
over PEL
21
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-01-25.
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
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 11,890 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 11,778 1 1 84.9
2016 Q1 13,269 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 27,073 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 22,731 1 0 44.0
Show 5 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q2 26,955 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 11,416 2 1 175.2
2014 Q4 14,638 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 14,883 1 0 67.2
2014 Q2 9,853 0 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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