Mining Incidents

Pride Mine Coal

B B Mining Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Donald Blankenberger
Monroe City, Knox County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202175

Pride Mine has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1997–2005
Latest incident
Jan 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
116
citations
30
significant & substantial
$20,799
proposed penalties
$20,799
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
38
inspections on record
687
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: 687 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Pride Mine has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$21K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
115 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-06-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Pride Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.32 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 20 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.
0.32
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.05
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
20
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-09-18.
Noise
45%
over PEL
11
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-04-17.
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
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
Show 28 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q4 5,056 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,479 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,664 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,088 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,986 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 9,630 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,923 1 0 342.1
2005 Q1 8,860 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 8,892 3 0 337.4
2004 Q3 21,161 1 1 47.3
2004 Q2 25,112 2 1 79.6
2004 Q1 16,835 3 0 178.2
2003 Q4 27,055 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 30,861 13 1 421.2
2003 Q2 37,843 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 38,091 2 1 52.5
2002 Q4 34,462 2 0 58.0
2002 Q3 44,567 2 1 44.9
2002 Q2 49,812 13 7 261.0
2002 Q1 39,601 8 2 202.0
2001 Q4 42,759 4 1 93.5
2001 Q3 41,346 12 4 290.2
2001 Q2 41,287 17 3 411.8
2001 Q1 40,634 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 33,660 13 4 386.2
2000 Q3 32,783 12 3 366.0
2000 Q2 30,968 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 31,013 8 1 258.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2005 · 1 incident

January 25, 2005 IN · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B B Mining Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Counterweight on shovel was being removed. Three of the bolts holding the weight were off, the fourth bolt was loose. Employee placed left middle finger under washers and the counterweight was slightly lifted pinching fingertip. Pinched off 1/8 inch off end of fingertip.

2001 · 2 incidents

October 4, 2001 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B B Mining Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ON HIS BACK AND SIDE CRIBBING UP A D7, DOZER WHEN HE FELT PAIN AND STIFFNESS IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.

August 27, 2001 IN · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
B B Mining Inc. · Struck by powered moving object

THE OPERATOR OF THE 85 TON EUCLID R85B BACKED HIS TRUCK INTO THE VICTIM'S KOMATSU 330M. THE OPERATOR STATED THAT HE COULD NOT SEE WELL BECAUSE THE SUN WAS BLINDING HIM THROUGH HIS REAR VIEW MI RROR.

2000 · 2 incidents

July 17, 2000 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B B Mining Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING PUMP FROM A FLOAT, EMPLOYEE HAD RIGHT HAND ADJACENT TO CHAIN, WHEN CHAIN SLIPPED, CATCHING THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER IN PINCH POINT BETWEEN THE CHAIN & THE PUMP AND TEARING THE RIGHT IND EX FINGER OFF AT FIRST JOINT PAST THE KNUCKLE.

July 9, 2000 IN · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B B Mining Inc. · Struck against stationary object

WRENCH SLIPPED OFF OF NUT AND EE STRUCK RIGHT ELBOW ON LIFT ARM OF 988F LOADER.

1999 · 1 incident

July 9, 1999 IN · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
B B Mining Inc. · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE IS NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED BUT BELIEVES HE MAY HAVE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF ROCK OR IN A HOLE WHILE WALKING ALONG A BELTLINE TWISTING HISANKLE CAUSING A FRACTURE TO HIS RIGHT ANKLE. WILL BE OFF WORK APPROX 2 TO 3 WEEKS.

1998 · 1 incident

June 1, 1998 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B B Mining Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS GETTING OUT OF A PICKUP TRUCK WHEN HE STRAINED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

1997 · 1 incident

February 19, 1997 IN · Coal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B B Mining Inc. · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A HYD. CYLINDER ON A GD 25 DENVER ROCK DRILL WHEN THE CYLINDER SLIPPED STRIKING HIS LEFT HAND CAUSING A CUT TO HIS HAND. THE CUT REQUIRED 4 STITCHES AN A DRESSING. NO B ONES WERE BROKEN.

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