Miller Creek Mine-Jenlin Pit has $18K 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
8
Years on record
2001–2005
Latest incident
Oct 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
118
citations
32
significant & substantial
$17,786
proposed penalties
$17,786
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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: 676 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Miller Creek Mine-Jenlin Pit has $18K 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.
$18K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
118 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-09-28.
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 Miller Creek Mine-Jenlin Pit shows 100% of 20 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: 2006-03-29, 20 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
20
samples
0.38
dust max (mg/m3)
20 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER5
BULLDOZER OPERATOR3
REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE3
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.
Miller Creek Mine-Jenlin Pit recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.
Injury rate, 2006
ⓘ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 4.87 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In Indiana, coal mining averaged 2.89 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
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005
0.99
0.00
0.000
2004
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002
7.54
4.53
0.000
2001
3.99
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)
2006
17
280,278
2005
70
928,558
2004
65
866,186
2003
59
738,450
2002
51
640,467
2001
36
473,874
2000
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Miller Creek Mine-Jenlin Pit sits in Clay County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Clay County, Indiana · Population 26,431
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$67,676
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
2006 Q4
0
0
0
2006 Q3
7,216
11
2
1524.4
2006 Q2
20,193
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
24,687
4
0
162.0
2005 Q4
39,142
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
60,294
14
4
232.2
2005 Q2
51,793
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
51,150
11
1
215.1
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2004 Q4
50,891
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
43,634
9
5
206.3
2004 Q2
41,742
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
41,941
6
1
143.1
2003 Q4
36,303
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
33,857
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
35,375
8
3
226.1
2003 Q1
38,826
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
35,162
6
1
170.6
2002 Q3
35,342
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
29,462
7
2
237.6
2002 Q1
32,617
18
5
551.9
2001 Q4
30,924
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
27,838
5
0
179.6
2001 Q2
21,269
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
20,252
4
0
197.5
2000 Q4
4,225
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
8 on file
2005 · 1 incident
October 2, 2005IN · Coalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS BEING LOADED BY A CAT 992D FRONT END LOADER AND CLAIMED THAT A LARGE ROCK WAS DROPPED IN THE BED OF THE END DUMP HE WAS DRIVING. THE LARGE ROCK CAUSED THE TRUCK TO SHIFT. EE CLAIMS THAT WHEN TRUCK SHIFTED HE TWISTED HIS BACK.
EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DEGERATIVE DISK DISEASE WITH EXACERBATION. THIS EE IS AN END DUMP DRIVER AND THE PHYSICIAN CONCLUDED THAT DRIVING THE END DUMP AGGRAVATED HER LOWER BACK AND RECOMMENDED T HAT SHE NOT DRIVE THE END DUM UNTIL SHE IMPROVES
July 22, 2002IN · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
EE WAS REPAIRING A CAT 785 END DUMP FRAME WHEN AN ERRANT PIECE OF METAL FROM A CO-WORKER'S GRINDER LODGED IN HIS LEFT EYE. HE WAS STANDING WITH HIS BACK TO THE CO-WORKER'S GRINDING AND HE WAS ALSO WEARING CUTTING GLASSES. DISCOMFORT WAS MILD AT FIRST AND THEN BECAME WORSE. HE WAS SEEN AT THE E.R. WHERE PHYSICIAN REMOVED OBJECT AND PRESCRIBED EYE DROPS.
ON 6-17-02 EE NOTIFIED HER PIT SUPERVISOR THAT SHE HIT A BUMP IN THE HAUL ROAD AND STRUCK HER LEFT KNEE ON THE STEERING COLUMN OF THE CAT 785 END DRUM SHE WAS DRIVING EE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CENTER FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH IN THE ENGINEERING TEC PICK TRUCK SO PROF. CAR COULD BE ADMINSTERED. DR EXAMINED EE'S KNEE AND HE RELEASED HER TO RETURN TO WORK ON 6-18-02 WITH RESTRICTED DUTY
May 13, 2002IN · Coalgreaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oilerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS RESIZING HYDRAULIC HOSE ENDS. PIN RELEASED FROM HOSE IT PINCHED LEFT THUMB BETWEEN HOSE END AND RESIZING PIN CREATING A LACERATION ON THE LEFT THUMB.
2001 · 2 incidents
November 13, 2001IN · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techELECTRICAL
INJURED WAS JUMP STARTING A LIGHT PLANT WITH JUMPER CABLES HOOKED FROM THE WELDER ON A SER- VICE TRUCK TO THE BATTERY OF A LIGHT PLANT. AS HE DISCONNECTED THE JUMPER CABLES FROM THE LIGHT PLANT BATTERY IT ARKED, CAUSING THE BATTERY TO EXPLODE. HE HAD CHEMICAL EXPOSURE TO HIS (R) EYEAND FACE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL(ER) WHEREHE WAS EXAMINED. RELEASED BACK TO WORK W/O RESTR
ON 10-01-01 SHE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM THE WATER TRUCK AND TWISTED HER RIGHT ANKLE. AT THAT TIME THE REPORTED INJURY WAS TREATED AS A FIRST AID CASE. ON 10-2-01, SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE CENTER FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND EXAMINED BY DR. HER ANKLE WAS X RAYED, THE RESULTS WERE POSITVE CHIP FRACTURE. SHE WAS REFERRED TO THE APS SPORTS CLINIC, FOR APPT SHE WAS SEEN DR AND WAS RELEASE TO RE
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