Mining Incidents

The Peabody Coal

The Peabody LLC · Underground
Pioneer, Campbell County, TN  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4003209

The Peabody has $79K in proposed MSHA penalties and $79K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2006
Latest incident
May 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
65
citations
15
significant & substantial
$78,836
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $78,836 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
10
inspections on record
549
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: 549 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

The Peabody has $79K in proposed MSHA penalties and $79K 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.
$79K
proposed penalties
$79K
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$79K
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-08-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at The Peabody shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.32 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 19 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.
0.32
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.86
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
19
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-03-31.
Noise
0%
over PEL
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-11-02.
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
2006 Q3 1,780 1 0 561.8
2006 Q2 1,780 54 11 30337.1
2006 Q1 4,320 7 2 1620.4
2005 Q4 2,324 3 2 1290.9
2005 Q3 1,917 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2006 · 2 incidents

May 2, 2006 TN · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
The Peabody LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The mine foreman was repairing a continuous miner in the #7 right crosscut. The new employee approached him with AR-4 scoop and failed to stop when the foreman told him to stop. The foreman and his helper were pinned between the scoop batteries and the miner cutter head.

May 2, 2006 TN · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
The Peabody LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The EE was helping the mine foreman in repairing a continuous miner in the #7 right cross-cut. The new EE approached on the AR-4 scoop and failed to stop when told by the mine foreman. The foreman and his helper were pinned between the scoop batteries and the cutter head of the miner.

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