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Freeman United Coal Mining Company: 8 recorded fatalities operator

Controlled by General Dynamics Corp
MSHA operator ID: P01631

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Fatalities
8
Total incidents
3,020
Mines on record
9
Years on record
1983–2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
3,316
citations
1,262
significant & substantial
$750,569
proposed penalties
$750,569
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
757
inspections on record
41,157
inspection hours
8.1
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.
3,316 citations across 41,157 inspection hours.
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.
$751K
proposed penalties
$751K
current assessed
$751K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3,287 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-08-29.
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.
38.4%
significant & substantial
1.3%
high negligence or reckless
38.4%
reasonably likely or greater
19.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.3% low, 93.4% moderate, 1.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Injury rate, 2007
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
5.65
total case rate
2.54
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 4.71 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2007 5.65 2.54 0.000
2006 6.80 4.20 0.000
2005 6.44 4.17 0.000
2004 4.19 2.72 0.000
2003 3.82 2.87 0.191
2002 8.94 6.57 0.000
2001 8.23 7.18 0.000
2000 7.29 5.90 0.000
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
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: 2007-08-22, 19 years ago
75%
within 1.5 mg/m3
4,695
samples
10.67
dust max (mg/m3)
2,400 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 2,295 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR2,517
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)1,225
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)375

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2007-08-31, 18 years ago
4.2
silica avg (%)
376
samples
27.7
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR279
  • MECHANIC2
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE1
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

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: 2006-05-17, 20 years ago
14%
over PEL
124
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)29
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR23
  • MECHANIC15
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2007
49
2006
78
2005
88
2004
61
2003
69 (1f)
2002
88
2001
87
2000
74
1999
93
1998
74
1997
101
1996
74
1995
103
1994
119
1993
109
1992
102
1991
125
1990
128 (1f)
1989
167
1988
175 (1f)
1987
219
1986
185 (4f)
1985
169
1984
216
1983
267 (1f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

8 recorded
April 15, 2003 IL · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Freeman United Coal Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS OPERATING THE MINER ON REMOTE CONTROL AND MOVING IT TO START THE CLEAN-UP PROCESS. HE PINNED HIMSELF BETWEEN THE MINER AND THE RIB.

July 23, 1990 IL · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Freeman United Coal Mining Company · Struck by falling object

I.NAME STEPPED OUT ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE #13 FACE SHIELD AND A SECTION OF THE ROOF CAVED FATALLY INJURING I.NAME. THE ROCK THAT HIT I.NAME WAS 56" X 42" BY 48" - 9" TO 11" THICK.

July 19, 1988 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Freeman United Coal Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING FELLOW EMPLOYEE REMOVE A HAUL TRUCK FROM THE 100 TON DART HAUL TRUCK CO. #122 WHEN THE TIRE EXPLODED CAUSING TIRE TO PUSH EMPLOYEE BACKWARDS APPROX. 30' CAUSING FATALITY.

July 9, 1986 IL · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Freeman United Coal Mining Company · Struck by falling object

ROOF FALL OCCUR9ED IN #4 ENTRY 2ME AT SURVEY STATION 8146.FALL WAS 30'LONG X 16'WIDE X 4'THICK.STANDING IN ENTRY OBSERVING COMTINUOUS MINER CUTTING DOWN ROOF FOR OVERCAST WHEN ROOF SUDDENLY CO LLAPSED COVERIN1 VICTIMS.

July 9, 1986 IL · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Freeman United Coal Mining Company · Struck by falling object

ROOF FALL OCCUR9ED IN #4 ENTRY 2ME AT SURVEY STATION 8146.FALL WAS 30'LONG X 16'WIDE X 4'THICK.STANDING IN ENTRY OBSERVING CONTINUOUS MINER CUTTING DOWN ROOF FOR OVERCAST WHEN ROOF SUDDENLY CO LLAPSED COVERIN1 VICTIMS.

July 9, 1986 IL · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Freeman United Coal Mining Company · Struck by falling object

ROOF FALL OCCUR9ED IN #4 ENTRY 2ME AT SURVEY STATION 8146.FALL WAS 30'LONG X 16'WIDE X 4'THICK.STANDING IN ENTRY OBSERVING CONTYINUOUS MINER CUTTING DOWN ROOF FOR OVERCAST WHEN ROOF SUDDENLY S COLLAPSED COVE9ING VICTIMS.

June 20, 1986 IL · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Freeman United Coal Mining Company · Contact with electrical current

THE VICITM WAS 9LECTRICUTED WHEN HE GOT INTO 4160 POWER INSIDE A BELT CABINET. IT IS UNKNOWN WHY THE VICTIM WAS IN THE CABINET HE WAS A BELT SHOVELER.

September 27, 1983 IL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Freeman United Coal Mining Company · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

MR. PIERCE WAS STANDING AT EDGE OF BENCH 30 FT. EAST OF W-5 WHEEL DIGGING HEAD. BANK OF HIGHWALL AT BENCH AREA GAVE WAY. HE FELL APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 FT. AND WAS COVERED UP BY DIRT APPROXI MATELY 3 FT. THICK.

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Where Freeman United Coal Mining 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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