Mining Incidents

Panther Creek Mine Coal

Appleton City, Bates County, MO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2302186

Panther Creek Mine has $2K 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
2001
Latest incident
Aug 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
28
citations
18
significant & substantial
$2,417
proposed penalties
$2,417
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
34
inspections on record
598
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: 598 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Panther Creek Mine has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-02-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Panther Creek Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.18 mg/m3 (98% compliant) across 56 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.
0.18
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.54
dust max (mg/m3)
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
56
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-05-12.
Silica (quartz)
15.2
silica avg (%)
15.2
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-04-16.
Noise
2%
over PEL
45
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-02-10.
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
2004 Q3 585 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,300 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,850 3 1 512.8
2003 Q4 5,382 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,800 5 3 862.1
2003 Q2 4,800 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,800 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,942 1 0 253.7
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q3 4,280 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,095 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,982 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,023 1 0 248.6
2001 Q3 4,098 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,157 2 0 481.1
2001 Q1 4,050 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,025 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,645 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,302 5 3 1162.3
2000 Q1 3,300 11 11 3333.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2001 · 1 incident

August 28, 2001 MO · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Continental Coal Inc · Struck by powered moving object

CAT 773 HAUL TRUCK BACKED INTO CAB OF OTHER 773 TRUCK DIMPLING CAB WHICH RESULTED IN A BRUISED RIGHT LOWER LEG (NO BREAK). BLOOD LOSS (ELEVATE LEG FOR 3 TO 4 DAYS THEN RETURN TO WORK).

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