Reed Mining, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries
While pushing overburden in the east end of the west pit, a bulldozer hit and detonated a primer. The only damage sustained was a broken lense on left corner blade light.
Nicholas Mine Coal
Reed Minerals Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
NACCO Industries Inc
Oakman,
Walker County,
AL
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103319
Nicholas 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
- 5
- Years on record
- 2006–2007
- Latest incident
- Dec 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
16
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,057
proposed penalties
$1,057
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
19
inspections on record
270
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: 270 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Nicholas Mine has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-01-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Nicholas Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.32 mg/m3 (97% compliant) across 58 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.0.32
dust avg (mg/m3)
4.43
dust max (mg/m3)
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
58
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-08-29.
Silica (quartz)
9.7
silica avg (%)
15.1
silica max (%)
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-03-17.
Noise
18%
over PEL
28
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-02-07.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q4 | 3,775 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 6,057 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 11,027 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 6,328 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 29,857 | 1 | 0 | 33.5 |
| 2007 Q3 | 22,515 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q1 | 21,146 | 1 | 0 | 47.3 |
| 2006 Q4 | 21,268 | 4 | 1 | 188.1 |
| 2006 Q3 | 21,056 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 19,021 | 2 | 0 | 105.1 |
| 2006 Q1 | 20,897 | 4 | 0 | 191.4 |
| 2005 Q4 | 21,006 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 16,613 | 4 | 0 | 240.8 |
| 2005 Q2 | 1,396 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2007 · 2 incidents
February 13, 2007
AL · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Reed Mining, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EE stated he lowered stands on coal crusher and then attempted to pull the fifth wheel release lever. He stated the release lever was hard to pull and he felt something tear in his neck.
2006 · 3 incidents
September 12, 2006
AL · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Reed Mining, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects
Employee claims he was walking across hood of rock truck to clean right side mirror. Because of wet weather the hood was wet and slick. The employee slipped and fell onto the hood. THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT THE UNTIL 09-25-2006, AND DID NOT BEGIN LOSING TIME UNTIL 10-05-2006.
July 5, 2006
AL · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Reed Mining, Inc. · Fall from machine
EE was running a front end loader on a coalyard, feeding a coal crusher. When the coal crusher stopped-up, EE parked his loader and jumped to the ground, a distance of 6ft. He did not begin losing time until 7-27-06 and did not notify management that the time loss was related to the accident until August 1, 2006.
Reed Mining, Inc. · Struck against stationary object
Stepped off back of truck on a small rock and turned ankle.
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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.