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: 94 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Princeton has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-01-05.
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 Princeton shows 100% of 5 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: 2005-09-23, 20 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
5
samples
0.38
dust max (mg/m3)
5 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
UTILITY MAN2
HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER1
LABORER/BLACKSMITH1
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.
Princeton recorded 10.94 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.
Injury rate, 2007
ⓘ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.
10.94
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 4.71 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Indiana, coal mining averaged 3.03 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
2007 *
10.94
0.00
0.000
2005 *
23.85
5.96
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
2008
3
2007
17
2006
17
2005
18
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Princeton sits in Gibson County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 2.7% 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.
Gibson County, Indiana · Population 32,986
2.7%
Mining share of county employment
$67,763
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
2008 Q1
150
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
8,215
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
8,899
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
9,300
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
10,159
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
8,347
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
7,234
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
10,935
1
1
91.4
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2005 Q4
9,067
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
10,845
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
9,620
4
0
415.8
2005 Q1
4,009
1
0
249.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
2007 · 2 incidents
June 7, 2007IN · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techOTHER
Employee painting at reclaim feeder; snake of unknown species bit employee on lower left leg through pants. Employee taken immediately to ER where he was given a tetnus shot, antibiotics, and pain meds and kept under observation for several hours. Bite never swelled/showed any signs of infection. Employee missed no time, returned to work on scheduled next morning shift.
March 25, 2007IN · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
While moving a garden sprayer containing naturalizer (a cleaner/degreaser)closer to the binder catch wagon, the hose came off while under pressure and sprayed the naturalizer in his eye. Was taken to Princeton Hospital ER where eye was washed out and he was given a prescription for eye drops and 2 pain pills. No time was lost.
Employee working on step ladder, missed step while descending, causing him to fall aproximately 4-5 feet. Received abrasion to the left leg below the knee. Employee was taken to emergency room. Debridement of skin at injury site, and application of dressing and bandages.
April 2, 2005IN · Coalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Installing guard, removed bolt, motor/speed reducer assembly rotated striking employee. Employee received fracture to left ankle and non displaced fracture of one vertebrae.
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