Mining Incidents

Mine No. 3 Coal

Alabama Carbon, LLC · Surface
Flat Rock, Jackson County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103384

Mine No. 3 has $2K 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
2
Years on record
2009
Latest incident
May 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
19
citations
9
significant & substantial
$2,026
proposed penalties
$2,026
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
10
inspections on record
92
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: 92 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. 3 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-06-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine No. 3 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.35 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 24 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.
0.35
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.43
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
24
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-06-10.
Silica (quartz)
23.1
silica avg (%)
52.6
silica max (%)
9
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-11-13.
Noise
27%
over PEL
11
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-10-20.
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
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 319 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 5,944 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 11,273 0 0 0.0
Show 5 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q2 12,751 3 1 235.3
2009 Q1 1,912 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 7,242 9 3 1242.8
2008 Q3 5,051 7 5 1385.9
2008 Q2 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2009 · 2 incidents

May 5, 2009 AL · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
GTM Energy Partners, LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was repositioning 6" pump hose when he pulled muscle in his back.

February 5, 2009 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
GTM Energy Partners, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee was running dozer. Hit rock, jarred him around in the cab hurting back/leg.

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The full compliance file on Mine No. 3

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.