Mulberry Mine #1 Coal
Alden Resources, LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Ferroglobe PLC
Williamsburg,
Whitley County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519687
Mulberry Mine #1 has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
30
citations
10
significant & substantial
$13,017
proposed penalties
$10,314
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,703 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
8
inspections on record
183
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 183 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mulberry Mine #1 has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$13K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
30 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-03-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Mulberry Mine #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.27 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 11 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.0.27
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.99
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
11
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-03-06.
Silica (quartz)
20.5
silica avg (%)
20.5
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-03-12.
Noise
0%
over PEL
9
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-03-06.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Q2 | 5,693 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 11,435 | 10 | 2 | 874.5 |
| 2013 Q4 | 13,903 | 11 | 8 | 791.2 |
| 2013 Q3 | 8,913 | 9 | 0 | 1009.8 |
| 2013 Q2 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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The full compliance file on Mulberry Mine #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.