Mining Incidents

Sugar Town Mine Coal

Controlled by Doris Haley
Townley, Walker County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103336

Sugar Town Mine has $24K 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
2007–2009
Latest incident
May 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
76
citations
17
significant & substantial
$23,664
proposed penalties
$23,664
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
27
inspections on record
410
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: 410 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sugar Town Mine has $24K 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.
$24K
proposed penalties
$24K
current assessed
$24K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
75 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-08-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Sugar Town Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.30 mg/m3 (98% compliant) across 90 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.
0.30
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.24
dust max (mg/m3)
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
90
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-08-31.
Silica (quartz)
11.0
silica avg (%)
16.4
silica max (%)
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-03-05.
Noise
3%
over PEL
35
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-08-31.
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
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 1,544 4 0 2590.7
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q3 2,574 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 12,587 1 0 79.4
2010 Q1 13,965 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 14,392 5 0 347.4
Show 14 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q3 16,418 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 15,786 6 3 380.1
2009 Q1 16,574 2 2 120.7
2008 Q4 17,667 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 18,736 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 16,257 3 1 184.5
2008 Q1 15,540 8 1 514.8
2007 Q4 13,582 2 0 147.3
2007 Q3 11,659 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 10,990 9 2 818.9
2007 Q1 10,554 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 8,971 20 5 2229.4
2006 Q3 9,677 16 3 1653.4
2006 Q2 2,395 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2009 · 2 incidents

May 28, 2009 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Haley Bros. Coal, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was working on a dozer roller and strained a muscle in his back

January 30, 2009 AL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Haley Bros. Coal, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was moving a light plant. A bar slipped and hit employee in ribs

2008 · 1 incident

February 21, 2008 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Haley Bros. Coal, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was moving a pull cable.

2007 · 1 incident

July 22, 2007 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Haley Bros. Coal, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was helping move a discharge hole pump and slipped and fell.

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The full compliance file on Sugar Town Mine

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