Mining Incidents

Red Brush Mine Coal

Controlled by White Stallion Energy
Red Brush Rd.-Newburgh, Warrick County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202259

Red Brush Mine has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2011
Latest incident
Nov 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
31
citations
4
significant & substantial
$16,353
proposed penalties
$13,650
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,703 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
22
inspections on record
421
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: 421 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Red Brush Mine has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-10-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Red Brush Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.15 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 47 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.
0.15
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.17
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
47
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-10-15.
Noise
3%
over PEL
35
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-10-15.
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
2013 Q3 2,147 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 14,239 1 0 70.2
2012 Q3 24,962 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 28,873 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 30,873 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 27,585 3 1 108.8
2011 Q3 4,654 4 2 859.5
2011 Q2 2,089 0 0 0.0
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q2 5,777 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 9,643 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 10,861 1 0 92.1
2009 Q3 13,002 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 13,847 4 0 288.9
2009 Q1 13,079 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 13,055 12 1 919.2
2008 Q3 14,123 6 0 424.8
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q1 13 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 96 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 424 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,876 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 5,383 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2011 · 2 incidents

November 2, 2011 IN · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey MACHINERY
Vigo Coal Operating Co., Inc · Struck against stationary object

Employee was using auger on #1018 Mack Powder truck to load boreholes on the drill bench. After loading a hole he attempted to swing the auger toward the front of truck. He pulled the lever in the wrong direction. This caused auger to travel in wrong direction, toward him. Auger brushed against his arm, he jerked away, scraped across valve housing, caused laceration, 10 sutures.

September 20, 2011 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vigo Coal Operating Co., Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee stated he was working on the breaker placing belting around the bottom of the hopper. When he pulled he lost grip & felt a sharp pain in his left elbow. He did not strike anything with the elbow. Accident reportable because nurse practitioner said no to grip with left hand.

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