Mining Incidents

Sayre Prep Plant Coal

Controlled by Drummond Company Inc
Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0101254

MSHA sampling at Sayre Prep Plant shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.01 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 5 samples, plus the mine's fatality, citation, and penalty record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Jun 1983
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
1
citations
0
significant & substantial
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
11
inspections on record
64
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: 64 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Sayre Prep Plant shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.01 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 5 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.
0.01
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.02
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-09-30.
Noise
0%
over PEL
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-09-30.
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
2003 Q4 992 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 512 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 504 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,440 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,488 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,560 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,377 1 0 420.7
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q4 7,152 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,634 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

June 9, 1983 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer FIRE
Drummond Company, Inc. · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS BURNING BOLTS OFF THE LOADER BUCKET A RAG IN HIS BACK POCKET TOUCHED ONE OF THE HOT BOLTS AND CAUGHT FIRE EMPLOYEE REACHED TO TAKE THE RAG OUT OF HIS POCKET AND BURNED HIS HAND

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