Preparation Plant has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $85 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2009
Latest incident
Mar 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
52
citations
13
significant & substantial
$6,561
proposed penalties
$6,476
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $85 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
59
inspections on record
763
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: 763 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Preparation Plant has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $85 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$85
outstanding
52 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-12-05.
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.
MSHA sampling at Preparation Plant shows 100% of 50 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: 2013-02-06, 13 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
50
samples
0.52
dust max (mg/m3)
50 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER13
WASHER OPERATOR12
LABORER/BLACKSMITH8
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.
Preparation Plant recorded 8.09 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2009.
Injury rate, 2009
ⓘ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.
8.09
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 4.16 and the all-US-mining average was 3.36 cases per 100 workers.
In Alabama, coal mining averaged 5.70 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
2009 *
8.09
0.00
0.000
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
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
Year
Employees
2023
3
2019
3
2018
2
2017
0
2016
1
2015
1
2014
0
2013
2
2012
0
2011
3
2010
2
2009
13
2008
17
2007
10
2006
0
2005
0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Preparation Plant sits in Jackson County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Jackson County, Alabama · Population 52,839
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$49,454
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 Q3
440
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
426
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
1,440
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
1,020
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
540
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
560
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
0
0
0
2017 Q2
0
0
0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1
0
0
0
2016 Q4
0
0
0
2016 Q3
355
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
486
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
348
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
554
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
650
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
823
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
0
0
0
2014 Q4
0
0
0
2014 Q3
0
0
0
2014 Q2
0
0
0
2014 Q1
0
0
0
2013 Q4
0
0
0
2013 Q2
763
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
0
0
0
2012 Q3
0
1
0
2012 Q2
0
0
0
2012 Q1
0
0
0
2011 Q4
1,841
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
2,337
1
0
427.9
2011 Q2
99
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
520
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
326
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
1,753
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
1,668
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
906
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
3,606
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
5,037
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
5,958
1
0
167.8
2009 Q1
10,120
4
2
395.3
2008 Q4
12,745
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
9,470
10
4
1056.0
2008 Q2
8,701
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
6,292
1
0
158.9
2007 Q4
8,686
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
8,353
10
1
1197.2
2007 Q2
5,121
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
0
0
0
2006 Q4
0
0
0
2006 Q3
0
5
0
2006 Q2
0
0
0
2006 Q1
0
0
0
2005 Q4
0
2
0
2005 Q3
0
0
0
2005 Q2
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2009 · 1 incident
March 14, 2009AL · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)