Pratt No. 1 Mine has $108K in proposed MSHA penalties and $90K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
18
Years on record
1998–2015
Latest incident
Oct 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
393
citations
124
significant & substantial
$107,983
proposed penalties
$17,594
paid to date
16% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $90,389 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.
393 citations across 3,794 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Pratt No. 1 Mine has $108K in proposed MSHA penalties and $90K outstanding across 3 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.
$108K
proposed penalties
$108K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$90K
outstanding
385 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $5K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-11-02.
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.
60citations taken to the federal commission · 15% of citations on record
Stood as issued
60 · 100%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 10 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$5K proposed, $5K 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 2003-08-12.
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 Pratt No. 1 Mine shows 89% of 433 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: 2015-09-22, 10 years ago
89%
within 1.5 mg/m3
433
samples
7.61
dust max (mg/m3)
1
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.
267 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 166 by the operator.
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.
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.
Pratt No. 1 Mine recorded 4.31 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2015.
Injury rate, 2015
ⓘ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.
4.31
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 2.72 cases per 100 workers.
In Alabama, coal mining averaged 2.96 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
2015 *
4.31
0.00
0.000
2005 *
2.98
2.98
2.978
2004 *
10.41
8.33
0.000
2003 *
6.19
6.19
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.
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)
2015
21
49,083
2014
25
2005
28
94,401
2004
44
102,582
2003
45
139,071
2002
37
46,341
2001
0
2000
24
72,471
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
2015 Q4
6,347
2
2
315.1
2015 Q3
15,455
4
1
258.8
2015 Q2
9,252
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
15,366
3
0
195.2
2014 Q4
17,140
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
0
1
0
2005 Q3
80
13
8
162500.0
2005 Q2
35,074
24
7
684.3
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2005 Q1
32,003
17
7
531.2
2004 Q4
36,840
43
18
1167.2
2004 Q3
31,017
37
18
1192.9
2004 Q2
25,211
42
17
1665.9
2004 Q1
3,012
25
8
8300.1
2003 Q4
19,678
30
5
1524.5
2003 Q3
15,369
3
0
195.2
2003 Q2
32,052
9
3
280.8
2003 Q1
29,846
59
9
1976.8
2002 Q4
30,864
12
0
388.8
2002 Q3
19,890
25
10
1256.9
2002 Q2
6,310
6
2
950.9
2001 Q1
0
0
0
2000 Q3
16,944
10
3
590.2
2000 Q2
16,101
9
3
559.0
2000 Q1
11,665
8
1
685.8
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
July 12, 2005AL · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderFatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
At 5:50 am on 10/16/2015 while checking the water level we found a roof fall in #2 entry (return) at 72 break. The fall was 30' long by 20' wide and 36" thick. There was 36" roof bolts and they came down with the fall. This is an untraveled area.
April 14, 2015AL · Coalexaminer, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examinerPOWERED HAULAGE
Scoop operator was hauling supplies to the section and the roof bolter cable got hung on the canopy of the scoop, operator tried to move the cable and his finger got smashed between the canopy of the scoop and the cable.
Sunrise Coal Co., LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Injured person was helping remove rock from haulage chain. Injured person turned back to haulage to place rock on rib. #1 bridge operator trammed forward and ran system track on side of foot.
August 2, 2004AL · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderPOWERED HAULAGE
While installinga 165 hp ripper motor in the joy miner the roof plate that was supporting a chain broke allowing the motor to swing out striking the lower leg of the victim causing a fracture of the lower left leg.
2003 · 4 incidents
November 6, 2003AL · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AN S & S 488 SCOOP TO REPOSITION IT. HIS SUPERVISOR HEARD THE SCOOP POWER UP THEN SHUT DOWN. HE CALLED TO THE EMPLOYEE & WHEN HE DIDN'T HEAR AN ANSWER, HE WENT TO THE SCOOP AND FOUND EMPLOYEE PINCHED BETWEEN SCOOP AND ROOF
AT 32 X CUT IN RETURN ROOF FELL ABOUT 6'HIGH, 20'LONG & 20'WIDE. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND NO EQUIPMENT WAS CAUGHT. MOVED STOPPING LINE OVER & BREAKERED IT OFF. WE ARE NOT GOING TO CLEAN ROOF FAL L UP. (AIR IS TRAVELING IN RIGHT DIRECTION.)
2002 · 1 incident
September 3, 2002AL · Coalscoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
INJURED WAS OPERATING THE OFF SIDE OF THE RRII TWIN BOOM FLETCHER ROOF BOLTER, WHEN INJURED ATTEMPTED TO DRILL THE HOLE FOR THE #1 BOLT, A SHARP PIECE OF ROCK DISLODGED FROM THE ROOF, AROUND THE DRILL STEEL AND STRUCK INJURED ON THE RIGHT FOREARM, CREATING A LACERATION.
INJURED WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS, MOVED THE DRILL BOOM TO THE RIGHT TO INSTALL THE #2 BOLT WITH HIS LEFT HAND RESTING ON THE DRILL BOOM. HE THEN RAISED THE BOOM OF THE MACHINE, HIS HAND WAS A T A PINCH POINT AREA, CRUSHING THE LITTLE FINGER, LEFT HAND. INJURED WAS THEN TAKEN TO CARRAWAY MEDICAL CENTER, WHERE THE CRUSHED PART OF HIS FINGER WAS REMOVED.