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Westbourne Lane Mine Coal
Alden Resources LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Ferroglobe PLC
Jellico,
Campbell County,
TN
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003337
Westbourne Lane Mine has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2012
- Latest incident
- Jan 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
28
citations
8
significant & substantial
$10,183
proposed penalties
$5,283
paid to date
52% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,900 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
10
inspections on record
371
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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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.Rate withheld: 371 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Westbourne Lane Mine has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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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.$10K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
26 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-01-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Westbourne Lane Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.25 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 35 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.0.25
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.33
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
35
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-01-28.
Silica (quartz)
12.8
silica avg (%)
29.5
silica max (%)
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-06-24.
Noise
4%
over PEL
26
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-01-28.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q1 | 6,529 | 4 | 1 | 612.7 |
| 2011 Q4 | 19,542 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 23,628 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 23,858 | 7 | 2 | 293.4 |
| 2011 Q1 | 26,086 | 6 | 2 | 230.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 20,308 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 23,006 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Q2 | 17,983 | 11 | 3 | 611.7 |
| 2010 Q1 | 6,994 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2012 · 1 incident
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The full compliance file on Westbourne Lane 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.