Mining Incidents

Meredyth Mine Coal

Mays Mining, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Rodney Mays
Haleyville, Franklin County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103374

Meredyth Mine has $5K 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
5
Years on record
2008–2011
Latest incident
Dec 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
27
citations
9
significant & substantial
$5,297
proposed penalties
$5,297
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
22
inspections on record
314
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: 314 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Meredyth Mine has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
27 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-10-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Meredyth Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.20 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 67 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.
0.20
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.35
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
67
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-12-13.
Silica (quartz)
14.9
silica avg (%)
39.1
silica max (%)
8
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-12-21.
Noise
4%
over PEL
27
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-12-29.
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
2012 Q1 8,250 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 16,290 6 1 368.3
2011 Q3 19,306 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 14,871 2 0 134.5
2011 Q1 8,518 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,403 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,840 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 11,428 1 1 87.5
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q1 9,499 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 5,025 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 8,097 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 12,869 3 0 233.1
2008 Q4 13,356 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 12,706 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 7,722 10 5 1295.0
2008 Q1 1,913 4 1 2091.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2011 · 4 incidents

December 20, 2011 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
National Coal of Alabama, Inc · Fall from machine

Employee's foot slipped as he was climbing off of the loader causing him to fall, hitting his right elbow.

September 13, 2011 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Coal of Alabama, Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was putting a roller on a D10R when the jack slipped letting the roller fall and smash his left ring finger.

April 9, 2011 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
National Coal of Alabama, Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating a rock truck when the wheel broke off the right rear axle causing the rear of the truck to hit the ground.

2008 · 1 incident

March 20, 2008 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hope Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

Operator was climbing down from machine, when his foot slipped off this rail steps on dozer. The injury occured after a rain. The rail steps were wet and muddy. The operator boots were muddy.

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