Mining Incidents

Miner Hollow Mine #2 Coal

Oakman, Walker County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103004

Miner Hollow Mine #2 has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $924 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2003–2004
Latest incident
Jun 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
38
citations
10
significant & substantial
$9,253
proposed penalties
$8,329
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $924 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
45
inspections on record
524
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: 524 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Miner Hollow Mine #2 has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $924 outstanding across 1 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$924
outstanding
35 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-03-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Miner Hollow Mine #2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.24 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 91 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.
0.24
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.21
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
91
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-03-05.
Silica (quartz)
15.3
silica avg (%)
23.4
silica max (%)
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-04-28.
Noise
0%
over PEL
17
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-04-19.
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
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 2,437 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,160 12 4 5555.6
2008 Q4 150 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 150 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 7,071 1 0 141.4
2006 Q1 416 1 1 2403.8
2005 Q4 10,884 1 0 91.9
Show 17 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q3 15,230 4 0 262.6
2005 Q2 13,553 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 10,150 7 1 689.7
2004 Q4 7,163 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,200 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,947 1 0 253.4
2004 Q1 3,809 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,355 1 1 298.1
2003 Q3 2,498 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,143 5 2 1590.8
2003 Q1 2,999 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,209 3 0 1358.1
2002 Q3 2,632 1 0 379.9
2002 Q2 1,365 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 443 1 1 2257.3
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2004 · 1 incident

June 18, 2004 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Bailey Excavating Co., Inc. · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Operator passed out and in passing out he pushed forward and reverse lever to the reverse mode. It caused the equipment to back into trackhoe.

2003 · 1 incident

June 26, 2003 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Bailey Excavating Co., Inc. · Struck against a moving object

EE went to sleep and run d10n dozer over the highwall.

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