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: 892 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mine #2 has $99K 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.
$99K
proposed penalties
$99K
current assessed
$99K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
96 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-05-25.
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 Mine #2 shows 96% of 132 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: 2010-09-27, 15 years ago
96%
within 1.5 mg/m3
132
samples
2.94
dust max (mg/m3)
80 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 52 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.
Mine #2 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2010.
Injury rate, 2010
ⓘ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 3.96 and the all-US-mining average was 3.20 cases per 100 workers.
In Alabama, coal mining averaged 4.78 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
2010 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007
3.52
3.52
1.173
2006
1.77
0.88
0.000
2005
1.01
1.01
0.000
2004
2.95
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)
2020
0
2019
0
2018
0
2017
0
2016
0
2015
0
2014
0
2013
0
2012
0
2011
0
2010
17
69,035
2009
14
11,355
2008
19
10,419
2007
62
502,596
2006
88
633,860
2005
71
570,809
2004
52
364,367
2003
50
177,381
2000
0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Mine #2 sits in Cullman County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Cullman County, Alabama · Population 89,463
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$60,916
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
2020 Q4
0
0
0
2020 Q3
0
0
0
2020 Q2
0
0
0
2020 Q1
0
0
0
2019 Q4
0
0
0
2019 Q3
0
0
0
2019 Q2
0
0
0
2019 Q1
0
0
0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2018 Q4
0
0
0
2018 Q3
0
0
0
2018 Q2
0
0
0
2018 Q1
0
0
0
2017 Q4
0
0
0
2017 Q3
0
0
0
2017 Q2
0
0
0
2017 Q1
0
0
0
2016 Q4
0
0
0
2016 Q3
0
0
0
2016 Q2
0
0
0
2016 Q1
0
0
0
2015 Q4
0
0
0
2015 Q2
0
0
0
2015 Q1
0
0
0
2014 Q4
0
0
0
2014 Q3
0
0
0
2014 Q2
0
0
0
2014 Q1
0
0
0
2013 Q4
0
0
0
2013 Q3
0
0
0
2013 Q2
0
0
0
2013 Q1
0
0
0
2012 Q4
0
0
0
2012 Q2
0
0
0
2012 Q1
0
0
0
2011 Q4
0
0
0
2011 Q3
0
0
0
2011 Q2
0
0
0
2011 Q1
0
0
0
2010 Q4
1,960
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
12,810
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
9,895
5
0
505.3
2010 Q1
9,700
1
1
103.1
2009 Q4
5,265
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
1,440
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
28,486
1
0
35.1
2007 Q4
28,080
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
41,559
2
1
48.1
2007 Q2
44,356
6
0
135.3
2007 Q1
56,568
4
0
70.7
2006 Q4
49,170
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
67,819
1
1
14.7
2006 Q2
51,733
23
4
444.6
2006 Q1
57,756
15
5
259.7
2005 Q4
55,151
3
0
54.4
2005 Q3
58,502
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
49,531
20
5
403.8
2005 Q1
33,936
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
33,611
2
0
59.5
2004 Q3
33,816
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
36,731
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
31,549
3
2
95.1
2003 Q4
34,113
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
33,086
13
9
392.9
2000 Q2
0
0
0
2000 Q1
0
0
0
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
July 2, 2007AL · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Employee was getting back on dozer to move for a shot. A co-worker was backing beside the dozer. He struck employee, and ran over him with pickup truck. Employee suffered trauma to his head and chest.
Reportable incidents
10 on file (excluding fatalities above)
2007 · 3 incidents
October 5, 2007AL · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was getting off his dozer; he slipped and as he fell his left leg got caught between the push arm and the track. The employee broke both bones in his lower leg.
June 14, 2007AL · Coalblaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkeySLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was operating a trackhoe, clearing in advance of the mining. He was working in an area of trees; he moved his machine and a limb broke and came into the cab striking him in the left shoulder.
2006 · 3 incidents
August 1, 2006AL · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The employee was leveling up on the highwall when he backed his dozer over the edge. The dozer went down the 40' wall backwards turning slightly to the right. The dozer appears to have hit on the right track at the back of the machine, then laid over on its side. During this fall the employee's head hit something on the inside of the cab. He had to have 7 stitches.
PC1800 was digging on a hard place in the pit. The bucket came in contact with an unfired booster and set it off. The bucket was on top of the primer. No damage just a few rocks sprayed in the immediate area. Also a loud bang.
2005 · 1 incident
October 4, 2005AL · Coalbelt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
He was lifting a piece of steel. He place a chain on the plate and on a loader bucket. When he lifted the plate he reached under the plate to move a cross tie; then the chain slipped off the loader bucket. The plate dropped and caught his right thumb and index finger.
2004 · 2 incidents
July 19, 2004AL · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)