Turris Coal Company: 570 MSHA citations operator
Controlled by
Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated
MSHA operator ID: P24187
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 200
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 1998–2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
570
citations
189
significant & substantial
$73,104
proposed penalties
$73,104
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
245
inspections on record
12,935
inspection hours
4.4
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.570 citations across 12,935 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.$73K
proposed penalties
$73K
current assessed
$73K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
570 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-09-23.
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.33.2%
significant & substantial
0.5%
high negligence or reckless
33.2%
reasonably likely or greater
17.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.7% low, 94.7% moderate, 0.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Injury rate, 2004
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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.14.82
total case rate
3.56
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 5.57 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.
| Year | total case rate | days-away | fatal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 14.82 | 3.56 | 0.000 |
| 2003 | 7.35 | 1.96 | 0.000 |
| 2002 | 5.57 | 2.02 | 0.000 |
| 2001 | 3.70 | 2.31 | 0.000 |
| 2000 | 8.13 | 1.81 | 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
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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: 2004-09-28, 21 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.84%
within 1.5 mg/m3
993
samples
7.46
dust max (mg/m3)
350 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 643 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR458
- SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)148
- ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)98
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2004-09-29, 21 years ago5.9
silica avg (%)
156
samples
17.1
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR59
- ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)33
- CLEANING PLANT 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: 2003-08-05, 23 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.39%
over PEL
28
samples
Most-sampled occupations
- SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)7
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR5
- ROOF BOLTER (SINGLE HEAD)4
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 94 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 36 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 21 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 13 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 11 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 10 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2004
44
2003
24
2002
25
2001
28
2000
33
1999
38
1998
8
Mines on record
- Viper Mine IL
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Where Turris 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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