Peabody Sage Creek Mine has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2012–2013
Latest incident
Jul 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
45
citations
7
significant & substantial
$5,634
proposed penalties
$5,598
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $36 gap.
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: 506 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Peabody Sage Creek Mine has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
45 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $776 in penalties contested before the Commission, $640 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-03-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
7citations taken to the federal commission · 16% of citations on record
Settled
5 · 71%
Stood as issued
1 · 14%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 14%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
18%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$776 proposed, $640 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2014-08-01.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at Peabody Sage Creek Mine shows 100% of 13 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2012-09-26, 13 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
13
samples
0.55
dust max (mg/m3)
8 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 5 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR6
UTILITY MAN2
CUTTING MACHINE OPERATOR1
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Peabody Sage Creek Mine reported liberating 0 metric tons of methane to EPA in 2014.
Methane emissions (EPA-reported)
ⓘMethane figures are what the operator reported to EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (subpart FF), collected at facility level. Only EPA facilities that resolve to a single MSHA mine record are shown, and the CO2-equivalent applies the GWP-25 factor EPA's published data uses.
Peabody Sage Creek Mine recorded 5.43 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2012.
Injury rate, 2012
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
5.43
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 3.74 and the all-US-mining average was 2.96 cases per 100 workers.
In Colorado, coal mining averaged 3.07 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2022
0
2021
0
2020
0
2019
1
2018
1
2017
1
2016
1
2015
1
2014
1
2013
4
2012
19
35,872
2011
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Peabody Sage Creek Mine sits in Routt County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 1.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Routt County, Colorado · Population 24,990
1.1%
Mining share of county employment
$104,803
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2022 Q2
0
0
0
2022 Q1
0
0
0
2021 Q4
0
0
0
2021 Q3
0
0
0
2021 Q2
0
0
0
2021 Q1
0
0
0
2020 Q4
0
0
0
2020 Q3
0
0
0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2020 Q2
0
0
0
2020 Q1
0
0
0
2019 Q4
1,250
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
0
0
0
2019 Q2
12
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
12
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
12
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
12
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
12
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
12
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
20
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
12
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
12
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
12
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
12
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
12
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
12
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
12
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
12
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
12
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
12
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
12
5
0
416666.7
2014 Q1
168
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
521
2
0
3838.8
2013 Q3
1,819
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
2,630
1
0
380.2
2013 Q1
3,936
1
0
254.1
2012 Q4
5,244
3
0
572.1
2012 Q3
16,344
4
1
244.7
2012 Q2
11,112
8
3
719.9
2012 Q1
4,101
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
3,052
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
2,897
3
0
1035.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2013 · 1 incident
July 9, 2013CO · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Trimming on panel to be installed on tank using a hand grinder. When employee lifted face shield, some metal that was on face shield fell into his eye around his safety glasses.
Hydraulic hose ruptured on 3 1/2 yd scoop spraying hydraulic fluid onto employee. After further review of medical information, it was determined that the employee was provided with eye drops that are classified as prescription medication under Part 50.