Mining Incidents

Taylor Highwall Mine Coal

Controlled by Freddie A Taylor
Westernport, Garrett County, MD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1800794

Taylor Highwall Mine has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2014
Latest incident
Jan 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
42
citations
21
significant & substantial
$19,319
proposed penalties
$19,319
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
30
inspections on record
593
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: 593 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Taylor Highwall Mine has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-12-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Taylor Highwall Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.17 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 51 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.
0.17
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.46
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
51
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-10-10.
Silica (quartz)
10.6
silica avg (%)
12.4
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2017-12-08.
Noise
5%
over PEL
39
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-10-10.
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
2018 Q1 5,420 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 6,425 4 2 622.6
2017 Q3 6,165 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,904 1 0 203.9
2017 Q1 4,795 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,468 2 0 447.6
2016 Q3 3,210 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,620 1 1 381.7
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q1 824 1 0 1213.6
2015 Q4 2,957 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,435 5 5 1127.4
2015 Q1 7,177 3 3 418.0
2014 Q4 9,328 2 0 214.4
2014 Q3 5,330 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,307 6 3 1130.6
2014 Q1 3,371 4 3 1186.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2014 · 1 incident

January 31, 2014 MD · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
ARJ Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Trying to adjust track on excavator when a spring flew out hit him on the head.

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