Coal dust
Tunnel Mine Coal
Tunnel Mine has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 1999–2015
- Latest incident
- Jun 2015
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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.Tunnel Mine has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets.
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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.MSHA sampling at Tunnel Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.75 mg/m3 (84% compliant) across 44 samples.
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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 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.ⓘ
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.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q3 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 517 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 517 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 1,543 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 4,002 | 2 | 0 | 499.8 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Q2 | 7,391 | 2 | 0 | 270.6 |
| 2015 Q1 | 3,928 | 1 | 0 | 254.6 |
| 2014 Q4 | 2,905 | 1 | 0 | 344.2 |
| 2014 Q3 | 2,983 | 2 | 0 | 670.5 |
| 2014 Q2 | 2,733 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 8,329 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 2,615 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 2,800 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 2,932 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 3,094 | 2 | 0 | 646.4 |
| 2012 Q3 | 3,111 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2010 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q1 | 3,870 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 4,303 | 1 | 0 | 232.4 |
| 2008 Q3 | 3,966 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 4,205 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 3,770 | 4 | 0 | 1061.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 3,076 | 1 | 0 | 325.1 |
| 2007 Q3 | 2,328 | 6 | 2 | 2577.3 |
| 2007 Q2 | 1,304 | 6 | 3 | 4601.2 |
| 2007 Q1 | 1,404 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 1,692 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 2,055 | 3 | 1 | 1459.9 |
| 2006 Q2 | 1,488 | 2 | 1 | 1344.1 |
| 2006 Q1 | 1,420 | 2 | 0 | 1408.5 |
| 2005 Q4 | 1,422 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 1,420 | 11 | 3 | 7746.5 |
| 2005 Q2 | 1,260 | 15 | 3 | 11904.8 |
| 2005 Q1 | 1,386 | 2 | 2 | 1443.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | |
| 2004 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2003 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2002 Q4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2002 Q2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 Q3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| 2001 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 Q1 | 2,110 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q3 | 5,370 | 14 | 4 | 2607.1 |
| 2000 Q2 | 5,760 | 17 | 11 | 2951.4 |
| 2000 Q1 | 1,156 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Reportable incidents
7 on file2015 · 2 incidents
Exposure to Coal Dust
2013 · 1 incident
EE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS WITH NO SIGNIFICANT PULMONARY IMPAIRMENT. PATIENT COULD DO PREVIOUS JOB. SPIROMETRY SHOWS ONLY MILD OBSTRUCTION. SHOULD NOT OFFER SIGNIFICANT BARRIER TO EXERCISE REQUIRED BY PREVIOUS JOB. REPORT BY DOCTOR BOARD CERTIFIED IN INTERNAL MEDICINE AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST.EE RETIRED 11/20/2012
2000 · 2 incidents
EE WAS TIGHTENING THE HOSE ON THE HEAD JACK. AS HE WAS TIGHTENING THE HOSE, HE SLIPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. EE FINISHED HIS SHIFT AND THEN WENT TO HOSPITAL. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WI TH A SPRAINED KNEE. EE RETURNED TO WORK THE NEXT DAY, 8-25-00.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS SHOCKED WHILE STANDINB BESIDE THE R/B IN ABOUT 2" OF WATER. HE HAD HIS LEFT HAND ON AN INSTALLED ROOF BOLT, BUT WAS NOT TOUCHING THE ROOF BOLT MACHINE NOR THE ROOF BOLTER CABLE. HE COMPLAINED OF CHEST PAIN, WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL. HE COULD NOT SEE A SPECIALIST UNTIL 7-18 & AT THAT TIME HE WAS RELEASED TO WORK.
1999 · 2 incidents
WHILE MOVING A PIECE OF STACKER FROM ONE MINE TOANOTHER, A LOW HANGING PHONE CABLE HAD TO BE MOVED. THE EMPLOYEE CLIMBED ONTO THE TRUCK BED TO LIFT THE CABLE OUT OF THE WAY AND TWISTED HIS LEF T KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS STRIKING THE SIDE OF A DISCHARGE CHUTE WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER TO FREE MATERIAL THATBECAME LODGED IN THE CHUTE. WHILE SWINGING THE HAMMER, HIS LEFT HAND STRUCK A BRACKET THAT WAS ON THE SIDE OF THE CHUTE, LACERATING THE HAND.
The full compliance file on Tunnel 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.