Red Bird Coal Co.: 148 MSHA citations operator
MSHA operator ID: 0103565
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Mines on record
- 0
- Years on record
- —
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
148
citations
55
significant & substantial
$159,649
proposed penalties
$5,045
paid to date
3% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $154,604 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
5
inspections on record
1,107
inspection hours
13.4
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.148 citations across 1,107 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.$160K
proposed penalties
$121K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$116K
outstanding
116 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $103K in penalties contested before the Commission, $64K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-05-20.
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.47.4%
significant & substantial
12.9%
high negligence or reckless
47.4%
reasonably likely or greater
25.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.9% low, 80.2% moderate, 12.1% high, 0.9% 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: 2010-02-17, 16 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
53
samples
1.37
dust max (mg/m3)
29 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 24 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR18
- SCOOP CAR OPERATOR4
- ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (INTAKE SIDE)3
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2010-02-25, 16 years ago7.8
silica avg (%)
2
samples
10.2
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR1
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: 2009-10-13, 16 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.25%
over PEL
8
samples
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR2
- ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (INTAKE SIDE)2
- ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)2
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
29
citations taken to the federal commission · 20% of citations on record
- Settled 29 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
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Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.of 26 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
38%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$103K proposed, $64K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2010-12-28. Vacated and withdrawn citations are removed from the file this view attributes through, so that outcome is slightly undercounted here.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KENT 2011-404 | Settlement | Tureck | 2013 | $66K → $46K |
| KENT 2010-1241 | Settlement | Tureck | 2013 | $33K → $15K |
| KENT 2010-234 | Settlement | Lesnick | 2010 | $1K → $1K |
| KENT 2010-187 | Settlement | Lesnick | 2010 | $1K → $961 |
| KENT 2010-363 | Settlement | Lesnick | 2011 | $397 → $358 |
| KENT 2010-186 | Settlement | Lesnick | 2010 | $150 → $150 |
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 Red Bird Coal Co. 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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