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Pratt No. 1 Mine: 101 MSHA citations Coal

Graysville, Jefferson County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103101

Pratt No. 1 Mine has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2000–2020
Latest incident
Jan 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
101
citations
34
significant & substantial
$12,207
proposed penalties
$9,623
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,584 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Iron Eagle Land Rehabilitation, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
69
inspections on record
886
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: 886 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Pratt No. 1 Mine has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 1 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
100 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $100 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-02-10.
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.
34.0%
significant & substantial
2.0%
high negligence or reckless
34.0%
reasonably likely or greater
9.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.0% low, 80.0% moderate, 2.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $100 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 2014-05-14.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
SE 2014-0294 Settlement Barbour 2014 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Pratt No. 1 Mine shows 100% of 133 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: 2023-02-10, 3 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
133
samples
1.06
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
ⓘ The excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
114 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 19 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER32
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR27
  • WASHER OPERATOR17

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.

Last sampled: 2022-05-03, 4 years ago
5%
over PEL
60
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER15
  • LABORER/BLACKSMITH10
  • WASHER OPERATOR7
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ 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 by year
ⓘ 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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2023 100% 7
2022 100% 4
2021 100% 17
2020 100% 5
2019 100% 16
2018 100% 16
2017 100% 13
2016 100% 13
2015 100% 16
2014 100% 7
2003 100% 5
2002 100% 5
2000 100% 9
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2022 0% 1
2021 0% 9
2019 0% 10
2018 0% 5
2017 0% 5
2016 0% 5
2015 0% 6
2014 14% 7
2002 0% 5
2000 29% 7
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Pratt No. 1 Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2022.

Injury rate, 2022
ⓘ 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.26 and the all-US-mining average was 2.12 cases per 100 workers.
In Alabama, coal mining averaged 2.66 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.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2015 * 9.91 0.00 0.000
2000 * 7.82 7.82 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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.
Ownership history
  1. Mr Pratt One Llc 1997 to 1998
  2. Bankhead-Gardner Inc 1998 to 2002
  3. A2M, LLC 2002 to 2004
  4. Sunrise Coal Co., LLC 2004 to 2013
  5. North Pratt Mining, LLC 2013 to 2016
  6. Cane Creek, LLC 2016 to 2021
  7. Best Coal Inc. 2021 to 2024
  8. Black Warrior Minerals Inc 2022 to 2023
  9. Iron Eagle Land Rehabilitation, LLC 2024 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2023 8
2022 9
2021 10
2020 11
2019 10
2018 7
2017 7
2016 6
2015 9
2014 8
2004 0
2003 9
2002 9
2000 14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Pratt No. 1 Mine sits in Jefferson County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Jefferson County, Alabama · Population 669,744
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$64,589
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
2023 Q2 1,813 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 7,858 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 6,975 1 0 143.4
2022 Q3 5,853 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 6,191 1 0 161.5
2022 Q1 6,261 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 6,092 2 1 328.3
2021 Q3 5,987 5 0 835.1
Show 41 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q2 7,560 1 1 132.3
2021 Q1 6,150 3 0 487.8
2020 Q4 8,008 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,480 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,561 1 0 219.3
2020 Q1 9,441 3 0 317.8
2019 Q4 6,975 6 6 860.2
2019 Q3 7,873 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,063 1 1 484.7
2019 Q1 2,780 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,323 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,099 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,942 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,343 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,248 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,373 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,567 2 1 560.7
2017 Q1 7,314 2 0 273.4
2016 Q4 5,339 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,223 3 1 710.4
2016 Q2 3,975 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 170 4 0 23529.4
2015 Q4 2,982 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,426 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,459 2 0 448.5
2015 Q1 8,311 4 0 481.3
2014 Q4 6,666 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,804 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 482 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 6,176 7 4 1133.4
2003 Q1 11,115 7 3 629.8
2002 Q4 7,865 13 5 1652.9
2002 Q3 7,865 23 7 2924.3
2002 Q2 1,490 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,343 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,437 1 0 134.5
2000 Q2 7,327 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6,482 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2020 · 1 incident

January 21, 2020 AL · Coal FIRE
Cane Creek, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A fire was discovered at the North Pratt Bathhouse area in a location of old offices that were locked off to the miners.

2016 · 1 incident

June 28, 2016 AL · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cane Creek, LLC · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

Miner was on the catwalk at the spirals, which is on the second floor of the plant. EE was checking each spiral, when EE made it to the last one, EE stepped off the end of the catwalk and caught self with hand, cutting the skin between EE's thumb and finger. The height of the fall was approximately 18-24 inches.

2015 · 1 incident

January 10, 2015 AL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North Pratt Mining, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Hanging a chute to a rotary breaker and finger got mashed between chute and breaker.

2003 · 1 incident

September 8, 2003 AL · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
A2M, LLC · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EMPLOYEE STEPPED UNDER THE FORKS OF THE FORKLIFT AS THEY WERE BEING LOWERED TO REATTACH THE ROPE USED TO PULL WIRE.

2000 · 1 incident

May 15, 2000 AL · Coal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bankhead-Gardner Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE APPARENTLY FELL OFF HYDROSEEDER WHILE FILLING TANK WITH WATER; HE WAS GIVEN FIRST AID BY CO-WORKERS AND THEN TRANSPORTED TO CARRAWAY MEDICAL CENTER. HE HAD A HEAD INJURY & CRACKED VERTEBRAE.