Mining Incidents

Tiger Mine Coal

Midwest Coal Llc · Surface
Hume, Bates County, MO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2302163

Tiger Mine has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
26
Years on record
1998–2001
Latest incident
Sep 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
48
citations
28
significant & substantial
$16,912
proposed penalties
$5,947
paid to date
35% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,965 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
18
inspections on record
421
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: 421 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Tiger Mine has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11K 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$11K
outstanding
48 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-12-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Tiger Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.59 mg/m3 (95% compliant) across 42 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.
0.59
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.07
dust max (mg/m3)
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
42
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-11-13.
Silica (quartz)
4.8
silica avg (%)
8.5
silica max (%)
7
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-05-21.
Noise
6%
over PEL
18
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-05-09.
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
2001 Q4 2,722 8 2 2939.0
2001 Q3 21,707 4 4 184.3
2001 Q2 27,058 3 3 110.9
2001 Q1 24,496 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 21,158 3 1 141.8
2000 Q3 18,007 8 2 444.3
2000 Q2 24,174 7 4 289.6
2000 Q1 24,997 15 12 600.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

26 on file

2001 · 14 incidents

September 19, 2001 MO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Midwest Coal Llc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR A BROKEN CHAINON THE DM 45 INGERSOL DRILL. WHILE STANDING ON THE ROTARY HEAD WHICH WAS APPROX 15' ABOVE THE GROUND THE OPPOSITE CHAIN BROKE AND ALLOWED THE ROTARY HEAD TO FREE FALL APPROX 12' WHILE HE WAS STANDING ON IT. THE IMPACT OF THE FALL CAUSED HIS INJURY.

August 1, 2001 MO · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Midwest Coal Llc · Struck against a moving object

HE CLAIMS HE HIT BUMP IN ROAD & HURT BACK. WENT TO DOCTOR WHO FOUND NOTHING WRONG. CLAIM WAS MADE 2 HRS AFTER EE WAS FIRED FOR MISUSE OF TRUCK &GETTING IN FIGHT WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE.

July 24, 2001 MO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Midwest Coal Llc · Struck against stationary object

PRYING ON BAR WHILE WORKING ON TRUCK. BAR SLIPPED THROWING HIM INTO THE TRUCK.

July 20, 2001 MO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Midwest Coal Llc · Fall onto or against objects

WELDING ON 777, TRIPPED OVER WELDING LEADS LANDING ON BACK. CRACKED LEFT WRIST.

July 20, 2001 MO · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Midwest Coal Llc · Contact with heat

WAS LOADING HOLES GOT TOO HOT AND HAD A HEAT STROKE.

July 2, 2001 MO · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Midwest Coal Llc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WELDING ON D9 PIECE OF METAL HIT EYE.

May 24, 2001 MO · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler ELECTRICAL
Midwest Coal Llc · Struck by flying object

MOVING BATTERY TO GET BOOSTER CABLE WHEN BATTERY BLEW UP.

April 28, 2001 MO · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Midwest Coal Llc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING WIRE TO THE AIR HOSE UP KEEP FROM DRAGGING.

April 5, 2001 MO · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Midwest Coal Llc · Fall from machine

CLIMBING OFF D9 WHEN FELL HIT RIGHT KNEE ON TRACK.

March 1, 2001 MO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Midwest Coal Llc · Struck against stationary object

THE WIPERS WERE STUCK IN UP POSITION, WAS TRYING TO BRAKE LOOSE, WIPER CAME LOOSE A METAL PIECE CUT HIS HAND.

February 8, 2001 MO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Midwest Coal Llc · Struck by falling object

WAS PATCHING CRACK ON LOADER, WHEN METAL FELL INTO EYES.

February 1, 2001 MO · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Midwest Coal Llc · Fall onto or against objects

WAS WALKING UP STEPS, SLIPPED AND HIT HIT ELBOW ON STEPS.

2000 · 4 incidents

September 19, 2000 MO · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Midwest Coal Llc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS PUTTING BELT ON CRUSHER WHEN WRIST POPPED.

September 14, 2000 MO · Coal miner, nec MACHINERY
Midwest Coal Llc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WAS USING POWER WASHER ON MECHANICS TRUCK, SLIPPED ON MUD. POWER WASHER TIP HIT TOP OF FOOT, WATER & STEAM WENT THROUGH BOOT AND BURNT FOOT.

March 24, 2000 MO · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Midwest Coal Llc · Struck against a moving object

EE BACKED UP TO EDGE UNSQUARE AND RIGHT SIDE TIRES DROPPED OFF FILL. NOTHING GAVEWAY, EE APPEARED TO HAVE MISJUDGED WHERE HE WAS AT. TRUCK DID A 180 DEGREE TURN LANDING WITH ALL SIX TIRES IN THE AIR.

March 8, 2000 MO · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Midwest Coal Llc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS ATTEMPTING TO BREAK LOOSE BOLTS OUT OF REAR END WHEN PULLED MUSCLE IN CHEST.

1999 · 7 incidents

June 1, 1999 MO · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Midwest Coal Llc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STEPPED OFF LOADER INTO HOLE FILLED WITH WATER AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.

May 7, 1999 MO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Midwest Coal Llc · Fall from machine

EE WAS CLIMBING LADDER TO WORK ON 992 LOADER AND SLIPPED ON LADDFER AND FELL STRIKING LEFT ELBOW.

April 12, 1999 MO · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Midwest Coal Llc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON DOZER BLADE, WAS HIT IN LEFT ARM WITH SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN HEAD CAME OFF.

1998 · 1 incident

November 30, 1998 MO · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Midwest Coal Llc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WORKING ON BULLDOZER, REPAIRING HYD LEAK SLIPPED AND FELL ON ELBOW CAUSING ELBOW TO SWELL.

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The full compliance file on Tiger Mine

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.