Mining Incidents

Sloan Mountain Mine Coal

Warrior, Jefferson County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103180

Sloan Mountain Mine has $28K 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
4
Years on record
2007–2012
Latest incident
Jun 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
130
citations
35
significant & substantial
$28,406
proposed penalties
$28,406
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
70
inspections on record
1,638
inspection hours
7.9
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.
130 citations across 1,638 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sloan Mountain Mine has $28K 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.
$28K
proposed penalties
$28K
current assessed
$28K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
129 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-06-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Sloan Mountain Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.21 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 549 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.
0.21
dust avg (mg/m3)
3.82
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
549
samples
Most recent sample: 2020-06-11.
Silica (quartz)
15.1
silica avg (%)
27.8
silica max (%)
57
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-02-12.
Noise
1%
over PEL
117
samples
Most recent sample: 2020-02-10.
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
2020 Q1 766 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,436 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 11,107 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 10,168 2 1 196.7
2018 Q4 21,919 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 25,591 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 21,069 7 3 332.2
2018 Q1 26,238 1 1 38.1
Show 56 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q4 33,812 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 31,071 2 1 64.4
2017 Q2 25,759 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 29,536 1 0 33.9
2016 Q4 25,010 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 33,139 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 31,618 3 0 94.9
2016 Q1 28,686 1 0 34.9
2015 Q4 37,530 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 34,292 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 41,207 1 0 24.3
2015 Q1 40,564 3 0 74.0
2014 Q4 51,726 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 49,758 3 1 60.3
2014 Q2 52,486 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 38,996 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 53,360 7 4 131.2
2013 Q3 45,640 1 0 21.9
2013 Q2 52,794 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 45,169 2 1 44.3
2012 Q4 55,840 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 46,512 10 2 215.0
2012 Q2 40,155 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 41,521 4 0 96.3
2011 Q4 39,300 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 33,011 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 35,027 7 2 199.8
2011 Q1 30,158 4 1 132.6
2010 Q4 34,267 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 33,113 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 26,231 2 1 76.2
2010 Q1 28,753 2 0 69.6
2009 Q4 31,591 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 31,522 5 1 158.6
2009 Q2 30,521 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 24,523 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 29,360 5 2 170.3
2008 Q3 31,108 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 23,102 3 0 129.9
2008 Q1 14,581 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 26,316 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 20,561 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 19,643 5 0 254.5
2007 Q1 21,516 11 2 511.2
2006 Q4 24,355 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 23,620 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 21,721 8 0 368.3
2006 Q1 18,101 8 2 442.0
2005 Q4 13,041 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 9,116 10 7 1097.0
2005 Q2 10,421 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 13,011 11 3 845.4
2004 Q4 11,564 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 12,001 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,017 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2012 · 1 incident

June 13, 2012 AL · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
M S & R Equipment Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Welder was lifting 1" steel tubing with autocrane to weld crack. While using left hand to operate crane remote, he rested his right hand on beam next to cable hook. Cable hook slipped and crushed finger nail segment of index finger between hook and steel tubing. End of index finger was almost completely severed and was not able to be re-attach.

2011 · 1 incident

September 21, 2011 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M S & R Equipment Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Was connecting the master link on the tracks on a D10 Bulldozer and the link flipped over and caught his finger.

2009 · 1 incident

May 1, 2009 AL · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
M S & R Equipment Company Inc · Fall from machine

Employee jumped from his working location. Jumped 6 to 8 feet to the ground. He made the statement that his feet was hurting. Co. supervisor took employee to clinic. Doctor said his heel was cracked and to stay off it for 4 weeks.

2007 · 1 incident

January 13, 2007 AL · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
M S & R Equipment Company Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

Blaster was loading the inside row of blast holes with explosives when several rocks rolled down the highwall. One rock struck him in the right side of his forehead, resulting in a laceration requiring 10 sutures.

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The full compliance file on Sloan Mountain Mine

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.