United Minerals Co LLC · Struck by flying object
Victim was loading brush pile with shovel onto end dump. A tree limb fell off truck stirking left side cab window on shovel causing the glass to shatter. He suffered cuts on his left eye.
Somerville East Coal
United Minerals Co LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Peabody Energy Corporation
Winslow,
Pike County,
IN
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202363
Somerville East has $13K 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
- 1
- Years on record
- 2007
- Latest incident
- Jun 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
43
citations
3
significant & substantial
$12,766
proposed penalties
$12,766
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
8
inspections on record
194
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: 194 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Somerville East has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
43 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-03-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Somerville East shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.12 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 12 samples.
Health sampling
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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.0.12
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.28
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
12
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-03-25.
Noise
0%
over PEL
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-03-25.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q2 | 12,734 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 14,467 | 7 | 1 | 483.9 |
| 2007 Q4 | 14,787 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Q3 | 14,320 | 9 | 0 | 628.5 |
| 2007 Q2 | 12,071 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 15,903 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 11,031 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 12,677 | 4 | 0 | 315.5 |
| 2006 Q2 | 11,352 | 3 | 0 | 264.3 |
| 2006 Q1 | 5,813 | 5 | 0 | 860.1 |
| 2005 Q4 | 5,218 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 5,414 | 15 | 2 | 2770.6 |
| 2005 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2007 · 1 incident
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