Somerville South Synfuel Plant
Coal
Buckskin,
Gibson County,
IN
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202389
Somerville South Synfuel Plant has $3K 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
- 3
- Years on record
- 2006–2007
- Latest incident
- Feb 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
4
significant & substantial
$2,963
proposed penalties
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 48 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 South Synfuel Plant has $3K 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.
14 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-12-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, 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 |
| 2007 Q4 |
8,327 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 |
10,524 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 |
10,291 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 |
11,982 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 |
8,279 |
8 |
2 |
966.3 |
| 2006 Q3 |
618 |
6 |
2 |
9708.7 |
| 2006 Q2 |
618 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2007 · 2 incidents
February 23, 2007
IN · Coal
quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant
MACHINERY
Lakeside Synfuel, LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances
EE received second degree burns to his left thumb when the hose on the torch he was using caught when he went to reposition the torch to begin a new cut.
February 4, 2007
IN · Coal
quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lakeside Synfuel, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
While trying to remove buildup on rollers, came into contact with moving part and fractured upper right arm.
2006 · 1 incident
May 14, 2006
IN · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Lakeside Synfuel, LLC · Struck by falling object
Two employees were removing a walkway from a belt structure prior to installation of beltline. One was inspecting a support angle to determine where it was welded. Another employee cut his support angle at another location allowing the support truss to fall approx 4" striking the first employee's right thumb, causing laceration injury. Required 2 stitches.
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