Mining Incidents

Horse Creek Coal

Controlled by Donald M Baxter
Dora, Walker County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103299

Horse Creek 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
1
Years on record
2004
Latest incident
Nov 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
19
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,629
proposed penalties
$1,629
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
17
inspections on record
204
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: 204 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Horse Creek has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-09-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Horse Creek shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.38 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 32 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.
0.38
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.04
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
32
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-07-03.
Silica (quartz)
14.2
silica avg (%)
21.3
silica max (%)
7
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-02-09.
Noise
8%
over PEL
13
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-08-01.
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
2006 Q3 0 4 0
2006 Q2 13,678 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 27,303 6 1 219.8
2005 Q4 24,099 2 0 83.0
2005 Q3 23,943 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 21,532 4 2 185.8
2005 Q1 20,643 3 1 145.3
2004 Q4 8,425 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2004 · 1 incident

November 17, 2004 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Horse Creek Mining, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Mud on Dozer steps; employee slipped as he tried to climb onto dozer.

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