Mining Incidents

Murry Creek Surface Mine Coal

Brantleyville, Shelby County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103500

Murry Creek Surface Mine has $1K 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
1
Years on record
2017
Latest incident
Dec 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
10
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,196
proposed penalties
$1,196
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
25
inspections on record
286
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: 286 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Murry Creek Surface Mine has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-02-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Murry Creek Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.07 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 69 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.
0.07
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.20
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
69
samples
Most recent sample: 2023-03-23.
Silica (quartz)
15.6
silica avg (%)
25.6
silica max (%)
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-09-25.
Noise
0%
over PEL
33
samples
Most recent sample: 2023-03-23.
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
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 1,560 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,560 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,560 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,240 0 0 0.0
Show 23 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q2 2,080 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,920 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,280 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,080 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,080 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,920 2 2 1041.7
2020 Q4 2,080 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,920 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,080 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,120 2 0 943.4
2019 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 504 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 18,046 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 25,381 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 23,098 1 0 43.3
2018 Q2 22,835 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 10,807 1 0 92.5
2017 Q4 11,508 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 13,217 3 1 227.0
2017 Q2 10,435 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,386 1 0 295.3
2016 Q4 3,273 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2017 · 1 incident

December 18, 2017 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jesse Creek Mining, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee lifted a tooth for the 1800 hoe & placed it upon the shank. Employee felt immediate pain in the lower back. Employee was examined in a medical facility and diagnosed with a strained back. Employee was provided with a prescription, and discharged. Employee returned to full duty work the following morning.

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