Mining Incidents

Waste Recovery Site No 1 Coal

Controlled by RecyCoal
West Blocton, Bibb County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103263

Waste Recovery Site No 1 has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
72
citations
22
significant & substantial
$15,185
proposed penalties
$15,125
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $60 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
40
inspections on record
537
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: 537 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Waste Recovery Site No 1 has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$60
outstanding
69 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-07-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Waste Recovery Site No 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.27 mg/m3 (98% compliant) across 57 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.
0.27
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.65
dust max (mg/m3)
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
57
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-09-19.
Silica (quartz)
5.5
silica avg (%)
7.9
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2007-05-16.
Noise
0%
over PEL
28
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-02-21.
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
2012 Q3 4,668 1 0 214.2
2012 Q2 4,079 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,062 1 0 326.6
2011 Q4 3,149 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,432 3 0 1233.6
2011 Q2 819 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 134 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 1,176 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,469 9 1 2013.9
2007 Q1 6,779 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 11,649 9 2 772.6
2006 Q3 9,459 7 6 740.0
2006 Q2 14,400 10 1 694.4
2006 Q1 10,363 9 1 868.5
2005 Q4 13,200 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 13,000 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 15,600 5 1 320.5
2004 Q4 660 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,920 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,326 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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The full compliance file on Waste Recovery Site No 1

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.