Mining Incidents

Peabody Sage Creek Mine Coal

Hayden, Routt County, CO  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 0504952

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.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
23
inspections on record
506
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: 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.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-03-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Peabody Sage Creek Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.30 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 13 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.
0.30
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.55
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
13
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-09-26.
Noise
0%
over PEL
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-09-26.
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
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
Show 33 earlier quarters
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 9 0 1716.2
2012 Q3 16,344 6 2 367.1
2012 Q2 11,112 8 3 719.9
2012 Q1 4,101 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,052 1 1 327.7
2011 Q3 2,897 8 1 2761.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2013 · 1 incident

July 9, 2013 CO · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peabody Sage Creek Mining, LLC · Struck by falling object

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.

2012 · 1 incident

July 10, 2012 CO · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Peabody Sage Creek Mining, LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

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.

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