Mining Incidents

Elwood Energy Inc: 120 MSHA citations operator

MSHA operator ID: 0102865

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Mines on record
0
Years on record
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
120
citations
27
significant & substantial
$19,883
proposed penalties
$1,344
paid to date
7% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $18,539 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
17
inspections on record
670
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: 670 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$20K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$19K
outstanding
117 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-06-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
23.1%
significant & substantial
6.0%
high negligence or reckless
23.1%
reasonably likely or greater
10.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 1.7% low, 92.3% moderate, 6.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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.

Last sampled: 2010-05-12, 16 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
47
samples
1.47
dust max (mg/m3)
29 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 18 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR19
  • ELECTRICIAN3
  • SCOOP CAR OPERATOR3

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2010-05-26, 16 years ago
5.5
silica avg (%)
5
samples
7.2
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR2

Noise
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: 2009-09-17, 16 years ago
0%
over PEL
5
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR1
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (INTAKE SIDE)1
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)1
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents associated with this operator.

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Where Elwood Energy Inc 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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