Mining Incidents

No 9 Mine Coal

New Century Mining Inc · Underground
Maylene, Shelby County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103105

No 9 Mine has $720 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
1997–1998
Latest incident
Jan 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
5
citations
1
significant & substantial
$720
proposed penalties
$720
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
3
inspections on record
47
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: 47 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No 9 Mine has $720 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.
$720
proposed penalties
$720
current assessed
$720
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-12-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, 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
2001 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1998 · 1 incident

January 12, 1998 AL · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Island Fork Construction Ltd · Accident type, without injuries

THE CONTINOUS MINER HAD LOADED 3 SHUTTLE CARS OUT OF THE #4 HDG. A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL ON THE VALUE CHEST. THE MINER COULD NOT BE RAN BY REMOTE CONTROL,THE INTERSECTION STARTED WORKING & H AD TO LEAVE MINER, RESULTING IN THE MINER BEING COVERED UP BY ROOF FALL.

1997 · 1 incident

December 29, 1997 AL · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Island Fork Construction Ltd · Accident type, without injuries

THE SCOOP WAS STUCK IN 3 ENTRY. THE ROOF STARTED WORKING, BEFORE THE SCOOP COULD BE PULLED OUT THE ROOF FALL ON THE SCOOP. THE ROOF FALL WAS APPROX 8 FT HIGH AND 30 FT LONG.

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