Alfred Brown Coal Company: 98 MSHA citations operator
MSHA operator ID: P24010
Alfred Brown Coal Company has no reportable incidents on file with MSHA. MSHA has proposed $10K in penalties since 2003, with $3K outstanding.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Mines on record
- 0
- Years on record
- —
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
98
citations
8
significant & substantial
$10,005
proposed penalties
$7,499
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,506 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
261
inspections on record
6,589
inspection hours
1.5
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.98 citations across 6,589 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
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
$10K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
93 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $100 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-08-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.8.6%
significant & substantial
2.2%
high negligence or reckless
8.6%
reasonably likely or greater
5.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 40.9% low, 57.0% moderate, 2.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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.
Last sampled: 2021-12-14, 4 years ago
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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.100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
735
samples
1.32
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
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The excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.294 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 441 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- HAND LOADERS510
- LABORER78
- HOIST ENGINEER/OPERATOR61
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2018-10-23, 7 years ago2.3
silica avg (%)
9
samples
5.0
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
- HAND LOADERS9
Noise
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The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Last sampled: 2021-02-23, 5 years ago
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The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.0%
over PEL
86
samples
Most-sampled occupations
- HAND LOADERS27
- HOIST ENGINEER/OPERATOR27
- LABORER22
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
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A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.Largest penalties this operator contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
| Docket | Decision | Judge | Year | Proposed / upheld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PENN 2011-487 | Dismissal | Lesnick | 2012 | $100 → $100 |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents associated with this operator.
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Where Alfred Brown Coal Company stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate
MSHA's standard limits respirable silica to 50 micrograms per cubic metre, but MSHA publishes dust and quartz as separate files and never the silica figure itself. We derive it per sample, score it against the limit, and set the operator's injury rate against a benchmark built from the full MSHA operator record. With the 26-year penalty trail, contest posture, and fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.
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