Mining Incidents

L Massey Mine Coal

Controlled by NACCO Industries Inc
Eldridge, Walker County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103116

L Massey Mine has $61K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2003–2006
Latest incident
Feb 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
132
citations
39
significant & substantial
$61,266
proposed penalties
$61,206
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $60 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
73
inspections on record
994
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: 994 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

L Massey Mine has $61K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 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.
$61K
proposed penalties
$61K
current assessed
$61K
paid to date
$60
outstanding
130 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-09-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at L Massey Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.24 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 153 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.
0.24
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.64
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
153
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-02-23.
Silica (quartz)
16.3
silica avg (%)
37.6
silica max (%)
11
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-09-18.
Noise
4%
over PEL
79
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-02-23.
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
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 4,037 0 0 0.0
Show 39 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q3 3,492 6 1 1718.2
2009 Q2 7,269 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 12,500 6 3 480.0
2008 Q4 19,462 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 23,451 15 8 639.6
2008 Q2 27,241 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 29,753 9 7 302.5
2007 Q4 26,610 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 28,036 1 1 35.7
2007 Q2 27,889 10 2 358.6
2007 Q1 26,703 10 1 374.5
2006 Q4 31,481 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 38,372 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 30,222 13 1 430.2
2006 Q1 31,993 22 1 687.7
2005 Q4 31,377 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 30,854 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 31,313 18 6 574.8
2005 Q1 31,108 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 29,711 2 1 67.3
2004 Q3 24,062 1 0 41.6
2004 Q2 25,957 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 23,606 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 21,050 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 20,940 2 1 95.5
2003 Q2 20,417 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 19,843 7 5 352.8
2002 Q4 7,534 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,214 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,418 1 0 134.8
2002 Q1 8,309 1 0 120.4
2001 Q4 8,605 2 0 232.4
2001 Q3 7,516 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 7,364 6 1 814.8
2001 Q1 7,351 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6,995 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,540 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,709 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,992 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2006 · 3 incidents

February 27, 2006 AL · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
National Coal of Alabama Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE was under the D-10 Dozer welding. Bogie arm strap came loose from the side of the machine causing the bogie arm to swing in a downward position hitting him on the head. Head was cut.

January 18, 2006 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Coal of Alabama Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

He was pulling on dragline flywheel and pulled a muscle in his left shoulder.

2005 · 2 incidents

2004 · 4 incidents

February 21, 2004 AL · Coal MACHINERY
National Coal of Alabama Inc · Fall onto or against objects

CABLE ON HEAD SWIVEL ON CORDRILL BROKE: BRAKES ON HEAD SWIVEL FELLED TO HOLD. EE FELL ON DRILL, BROKE LEFT LEG ABOVE ANKLE.

2003 · 1 incident

January 28, 2003 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
National Coal of Alabama Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A SEED GRADER ON A FARM TRACTOR. AS HE WAS CONNECTING A SHAFT, THE POWER TAKE OFF ON THE TRACTOR ENGAGED AND CAUGHT HIS GLOVE, TWISTING HIS RIGHT HAND AND ARM.

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The full compliance file on L Massey 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.