Mining Incidents

Mine No 1 Coal

Controlled by Five J's LLC
Bremen, Walker County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103081

Mine No 1 has $14K 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
6
Years on record
1999–2003
Latest incident
Oct 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
49
citations
20
significant & substantial
$6,612
proposed penalties
$6,612
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
43
inspections on record
396
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: 396 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 No 1 has $14K 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
58 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-01-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine No 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.25 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 165 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.
0.25
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.62
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
165
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-09-27.
Silica (quartz)
26.3
silica avg (%)
56.2
silica max (%)
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-09-23.
Noise
10%
over PEL
21
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-09-27.
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
2003 Q4 164 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 937 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 36,672 1 0 27.3
2003 Q1 29,457 1 1 33.9
2002 Q4 36,413 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 31,281 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 32,429 17 9 524.2
2002 Q1 28,772 0 0 0.0
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q4 32,499 12 5 369.2
2001 Q3 24,809 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 27,904 10 5 358.4
2001 Q1 21,811 1 0 45.8
2000 Q4 32,954 3 0 91.0
2000 Q3 32,300 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 23,870 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 16,599 3 0 180.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2003 · 2 incidents

2002 · 1 incident

September 11, 2002 AL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Twin Pines Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

CHANGING CUTTING EDGE ON DOZIER BLADE. HAND BIT FELL ON RING FINGER, LEFT HAND. BONE CRUSHED AND FINGER CUT.

2001 · 1 incident

March 1, 2001 AL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Twin Pines Coal Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DEATH DUE TO HEART ATTACK.

2000 · 1 incident

September 19, 2000 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Twin Pines Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE BACKING UP BACKED OVER ROCK AND PULLED SHOULDER IT WAS DARK AND HE DID NOT SEE ROCK.

1999 · 1 incident

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The full compliance file on Mine No 1

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.