Mining Incidents

Panther Mine Coal

Brookwood, Tuscaloosa County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103104

Panther 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
3
Years on record
1998–2000
Latest incident
May 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
13
citations
4
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 2000
28
inspections on record
197
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: 197 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 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
13 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-12-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Panther Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.41 mg/m3 (97% compliant) across 72 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.
0.41
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.71
dust max (mg/m3)
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
72
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-02-15.
Silica (quartz)
9.8
silica avg (%)
17.5
silica max (%)
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-12-10.
Noise
10%
over PEL
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-12-03.
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
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 10,117 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 21,110 2 1 94.7
2001 Q3 16,923 7 2 413.6
2001 Q2 21,473 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 20,042 2 1 99.8
2000 Q4 27,657 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 21,620 0 0 0.0
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 15,806 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 11,759 2 0 170.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2000 · 2 incidents

May 9, 2000 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tuscaloosa Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS GREASING A TRUCK, HE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT ARM IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK. THIS RESULTED IN A TWISTED RIGHT ARM.

March 25, 2000 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tuscaloosa Resources Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN A RAVINE AND SLIPPED IN MUD. HE TWISTED HIS LEFT LEG.

1998 · 1 incident

January 3, 1998 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Tuscaloosa Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING BOLTS ON DOZER BLADE USING AN AIR CHIZZEL WHEN HE TURNED IN A WAY THAT CAUSED HIM TO PULL A BACK MUSCLE.

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The full compliance file on Panther Mine

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.