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: 677 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Littleton Mine has $12K 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
84 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-03-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Littleton Mine shows 99% of 144 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2008-03-05, 18 years ago
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
144
samples
2.56
dust max (mg/m3)
76 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 68 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
Littleton Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.
Injury rate, 2007
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 4.71 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Alabama, coal mining averaged 6.02 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
6.00
6.00
0.000
2004 *
7.48
7.48
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
10.62
10.62
0.000
2000 *
7.07
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2012
0
2011
0
2010
2
1,507
2008
5
2007
14
57,268
2006
29
155,175
2005
22
122,787
2004
22
179,261
2003
15
160,328
2002
16
112,480
2001
14
92,034
2000
11
116,665
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Littleton Mine sits in Jefferson County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.3% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Jefferson County, Alabama · Population 669,744
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$64,589
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2012 Q3
0
0
0
2012 Q2
0
0
0
2012 Q1
0
0
0
2011 Q4
0
0
0
2011 Q1
0
0
0
2010 Q4
0
0
0
2010 Q3
0
0
0
2010 Q2
944
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2008 Q1
3,000
5
2
1666.7
2007 Q4
3,000
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
0
2
0
2007 Q2
13,299
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
21,093
3
0
142.2
2006 Q4
18,729
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
21,421
11
0
513.5
2006 Q2
16,561
2
0
120.8
2006 Q1
16,639
4
1
240.4
2005 Q4
18,319
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
19,379
3
1
154.8
2005 Q2
16,523
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
12,480
4
1
320.5
2004 Q4
12,686
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
12,848
2
1
155.7
2004 Q2
13,653
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
14,289
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
10,936
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
10,488
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
8,736
4
3
457.9
2003 Q1
7,724
1
0
129.5
2002 Q4
9,629
3
2
311.6
2002 Q3
9,262
1
0
108.0
2002 Q2
10,534
3
0
284.8
2002 Q1
10,517
4
1
380.3
2001 Q4
12,409
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
9,017
2
0
221.8
2001 Q2
8,958
3
0
334.9
2001 Q1
7,266
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
7,281
17
6
2334.8
2000 Q3
8,405
2
0
238.0
2000 Q2
6,822
2
0
293.2
2000 Q1
5,788
9
3
1554.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2005 · 2 incidents
July 16, 2005AL · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Going from driving tandem to loader in stock yard. His truck would not start (he used this for transportation). Truck was parked in front of tandem. Jumped his truck off. When it started, went into gear and pinned him between truck & tandem.
EE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE ROCK THAT WAS WEDGED BETWEEN TWO TIRES. ROCK PUNCTURE THE TIRE EXPLODED THROWING METAL & RUBBER. EE WAS HIT IN FACE INJURY TO RIGHT EYE.