MINE DETAILS
Shoal Creek Mine
LOCATION
Mine location
1 of 1 mine with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.
Mine coordinates
- Shoal Creek Mine33.51944, -87.30389Open map ↗
Quarterly trends
2025 Q1 – 2026 Q4
Database snapshot · 2026-10-18. MSHA quarterly production and employment reports.
Coal production
2,773,278reported short tons
Hours worked
1,674,852reported employee hours
Tons per hour
1.66production ÷ hours worked
Missing values appear as —. Totals use available reports. Tons per hour requires production and hours for the same quarters and a nonzero hours total. * Striped bars mark partial mine coverage or an incomplete quarter. See the table for coverage.
Quarterly data and reporting coverage
| Quarter | Coal (short tons) | Hours worked | Tons / hour | Avg. employees | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q1 | 363,487 | 278,451 | 1.31 | 414 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q2 | 450,843 | 270,838 | 1.66 | 390 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q3 | 559,992 | 273,623 | 2.05 | 390 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q4 | 421,683 | 268,809 | 1.57 | 379 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q1 | 422,682 | 289,367 | 1.46 | 401 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q2 | 554,591 | 293,764 | 1.89 | 392 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
Safety and enforcement
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-18
Violations
818221 significant & substantial (S&S)
Accident records
230 records classified as fatality
Proposed penalties · USD
963,889.00750 of 818 violations with amounts
On-site inspection hours
5,098.00169 inspections · 169 with hours
Counts are published records, including contractor records. * The quarter was incomplete at the snapshot date; recent counts may rise as reports arrive. — means no reported amount or hours. Portfolio totals use current membership.
Quarterly safety data
| Quarter | Violations | S&S | Proposed USD | Accident records | Fatality records | Inspections | On-site hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-Q1 | 136 | 28 | 187,801.00 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 803.5 |
| 2025-Q2 | 113 | 22 | 125,238.00 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 701.8 |
| 2025-Q3 | 128 | 37 | 147,634.00 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 830.8 |
| 2025-Q4 | 82 | 26 | 103,294.00 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 579.8 |
| 2026-Q1 | 107 | 41 | 188,598.00 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 718.3 |
| 2026-Q2 | 129 | 29 | 119,484.00 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 725.3 |
| 2026-Q3 | 114 | 37 | 91,840.00 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 727.8 |
| 2026-Q4 * | 9 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11.0 |
Most cited CFR sections
All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.
Safety activity
FIRE · ACCIDENT ONLY
Accident narrative
J-Mains #2 belt entry XC 61 had a small belt fire that need to be reported. The approximate time of the fire was 8:37 PM and was called approximately 45 minutes late.
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK · ACCIDENT ONLY
Accident narrative
In the J-4 section setup face, entry #4, Crosscut 56 a roof fall occurred.
OTHER · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
IE was bitten by some sort of spider/insect, and EE's right leg became infected. IE reported it on April 24th and did not miss work until 04/29/2026.
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
IE was working on a skid steer's hydraulic system and when they stepped backwards, they tripped over a bucket they placed by them. IE hit their neck area on the metal plate of the skid steer directly behind them.
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
IE was stepping over belt structure and when employee went to step over structure lost footing and felt a pop in right ankle. IE was treated conservatively and didn't miss any scheduled shift until 03/31/2026 when it became an LTI.
POWERED HAULAGE · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
IE was changing a Lee Tram tire in the underground shop. IE was balancing tire in order to get the skid steer underneath the tire, and the operator bumped the tire causing it to fall on IE's right leg causing a hematoma and fractured fibula.
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
IE was helping repair a 4' heavy-duty hose that feeds the dewatering system's #7 shaker. IE was holding the hose when it shifted, striking and pinching IE's right pinky finger. IE was taken to emergency room where it took 4 sutures to close the wound.
POWERED HAULAGE · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
IE was traveling in the mine and the driver of the EDV cut a corner to close and struck a standing timber in the roadway. The IE's right forearm was struck causing a muscle strain. IE continued to work normal duties until November 13th when they missed the first scheduled shift.
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
IE was helping set feeder in place and had EE's foot underneath load end of feeder. IE's foot was smashed when feeder was set on the ground. IE was taken to emergency room where EE suffered two fractures on EE's left foot.
STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
IE was walking in the belt entry and stepped awkwardly on a small rock. IE suffered a fracture on the outside of the right foot.
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
IE was doing normal work duties and felt pain in both shoulders. IE continued to work full duty up until December 5th and missed their first scheduled shift.
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
IE was moving a cable spool and felt a pain in lower left leg. IE was transported to emergency room and diagnosed with an Achilles heel tear to left leg.
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK · ACCIDENT ONLY
Accident narrative
A roof fall above anchorage fell at J-1 Gate Road entry #2 XC 10 and MSHA was notified
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
IW was shoveling belts and slipped. IE threw their shoulder backwards with shovel in it to catch themselves. When IE threw shoulder back, they heard a pop. IE was taken in for evaluation and when results came back, they suffered a rotator cuff tear on right shoulder.IE continued to work until 07/22/2025 and then went out for surgery.
MACHINERY · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
IE was cutting bottom and slowly trammed miner to the right. The miner cable loop rolled up and struck IE in the back of left knee. IE continued to work until 08/15/2025 where the MRI showed they had a slight tear in their meniscus. IE chose to have surgery to repair.
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
IE was changing shearer bits on the Tailgate drum while kneeling on the ground. The rib sloughed off striking the employee knocking EE to the ground. IE was struck on left side of EE's body causing a bruise and when employee tried to stop EE's fall EE was cut under right armpit causing 6 sutures and fractured EE's right wrist.
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
IE hanging high volt cable and hit right index finger on a roof bolt plate causing a laceration. IE received two stitches due to the laceration on their finger.
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
IE was walking down Longwall face and tripped over relay bar landing on their hand and causing Carpel Tunnel in their wrist. IE continued worked through the carpel tunnel until June 27th, 2025, when surgery was required to fix the issue.
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
Employee was taking the top cover off the driver to work on the gear box. The EE was positioning themselves by the machine when they slipped on a hose, which was on the ground, and fell forward. They grabbed onto the guard of the machine, but continued to fall and contacted the ground causing a Closed Fracture to Upper Left Arm.
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
Employee exiting out of skid steer stepped between the bucket and mast. IE's foot got stuck, and IE went forward fracturing left ankle.
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
IE was doing hoist check on Elevator and was walking down stairs and slipped catching themselves. IE pulled their shoulder in the process. The incident took place on 02/20/2025 and employee never missed a regular scheduled shift until 08/04/2025. IE had shoulder surgery.
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
IE was setting a timber in the beltline. A piece of scale rock fell when EE was hammering in wedges striking the employee on the back of EE's head/neck area causing a laceration. IE received two staples to close the wound.
POWERED HAULAGE · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
IE was assisting in moving the TG drive with 25X scoop. The metal forks slipped, and a sliver of metal stuck IE in the shin. IE removed the piece of metal and thought they would be ok. IE continued to work, and the wound became infected causing the employee to miss work starting 01/20/2025. First day missed from normal job duties was on 01/20/2025.
Safety sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date), and Inspections (begin date). Snapshot 2026-10-18.
Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.
Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.
S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.
Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.
Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.
CFR headings link to the current Title 30 index; they are not historical legal determinations.
EIA-923 · COAL RECEIPTS
Coal shipments and quality
Receipts reported by power plants and terminals, matched by MSHA mine ID.
No receipts matched this mine in the selected period. EIA-923 does not cover all mine sales, exports or metallurgical coal shipments.
Delivered cost includes transport and is not mine revenue. Missing prices remain blank. * Fewer than three months are published in the selected quarter. Receipts reflect the months EIA has published; an unfinished quarter is not comparable with a full quarter. Portfolio matches use current ownership.
Coverage, sources and calculations
- Reported coal receipts at EIA-923 power plants/terminals; this is not a census of mine shipments, exports or metallurgical sales.
- Matches use only the published MSHA ID, normalized to seven digits. Unidentified mine origins remain in the source table but are not assigned to a mine.
- Portfolio attribution uses current MSHA ownership, not ownership at the shipment date. Receipts and production can differ because of timing, stocks and coverage.
- Quality means are weighted by positive reported tons with that measurement. Delivered cost uses only rows with published cost, positive heat and positive tons; missing/withheld costs are never zero-filled.
- USD/ton = (cents/MMBtu ÷ 100) × MMBtu/ton. This is plant delivered cost, not mine sales price or revenue.
- Receipt month is as published, including records supplied by annual respondents. Recent months are preliminary and subject to revision. Missing rows do not prove zero shipments.
Imported releases start 2008-01. This window includes 12 published months. EIA releases · Survey instructions
- 2026 · preliminary · EIA923_Schedules_2_3_4_5_M_07_2026_21SEP2026.xlsx · Page 5 Fuel Receipts and Costs
- 2025 · final · EIA923_Schedules_2_3_4_5_M_12_2025_Final.xlsx · Page 5 Fuel Receipts and Costs
EIA ANNUAL COAL REPORT · 2024
Coal prices and estimated revenue
Annual county prices and a production-based allocation of county coal sales.
The estimate assumes each eligible mine receives its county-average price and shares county sales in proportion to production. Actual sales and prices can differ substantially. Unavailable estimates are excluded; this is not a total for the whole portfolio. Annual price data uses a separate window from the MSHA charts.
| Mine / county | Annual production · tons | County FOB · USD/ton | Est. sales · tons | Est. coal revenue · USD | Basis / availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoal Creek Mine0102901 · Walker, Alabama | 2,102,725 | — | — | — | County sales or price not published3 eligible mines / 3 sales respondents |
Method, assumptions and source records
- This is an annual county-sales allocation, not reported mine or company revenue. Currency is nominal USD in the source year; quantities are short tons.
- Mine share = same-year annual mine production / eligible same-county production. Estimated sales = published county sales × share. Estimated coal revenue = estimated sales × published county average FOB price.
- The model assumes eligible mines share county sales in proportion to production and receive the county-average price. Matching mine counts is a check, not proof of identical respondents. Mine quality, contracts and sales timing can differ substantially. No statistical confidence interval is implied.
- FOB excludes transport and insurance. EIA-923 delivered costs do not enter this model. No grade premium, state/national fallback, quarterly apportionment or carry-forward to a later year is applied.
- Eligibility follows the source's production threshold and excludes preparation-only and refuse operations. Withheld values, inconsistent county counts and missing/ambiguous locations produce no estimate.
- County sales are published in thousands of tons and prices to cents. Calculations retain precision, but the inputs are rounded and the allocation is approximate.
- Portfolio attribution uses current MSHA ownership, not ownership during the sales year. Covered-mine sums exclude unavailable estimates and must not be read as whole-company revenue. Coverage denominators use the annual EIA mine-production release.
Sales-reporting threshold: 50,000 short tons per mine in 2024. Withheld sales or prices stay unavailable.
EIA Table 30 · county sales and FOB prices · EIA annual mine production · Release index
Annual report released November 19, 2025. Method: county-sales-allocation-v1. JSON and CSV preserve source row numbers and file checksums.
OWNERSHIP
Operator and controller history
Current ownership comes from MSHA Mines. Historical start and end dates come from MSHA Controller and Operator History.
Peabody Energy CorporationcontrolsPeabody Southeast Mining, LLCoperatesShoal Creek Mine
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 0102901Drummond Company InccontrolsDrummond Company IncoperatesShoal Creek Mine
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 0102901Other historical summaries · source-specific periods
RECORD SUMMARY
Production, safety and enforcement
These summaries use the periods stated on each card, independently of the reporting period above.
Accidents and injuries
1,539 historical accident/injury rows; 3 coded fatalities and 48,060 lost days across the published record.
accidentsmine-production-quarterlyViolations and penalties
11,294 violation rows across the full record; 3,625 carry an S&S flag and $7,676,808 appears in current assessed amounts.
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107aOccupational health samples
17,263 coal dust; 823 coal quartz; 1,109 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 493 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
coal-dust-samplesquartz-samplesnoise-samplesQuarterly production and employment
294K employee hours and 392 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearlyContests, conferences and decisions
2,534 contested-violation rows, 2,660 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 684 conference records linked by issuance number.
conferencescontested-violationscivil-penalty-dockets-decisionsContractors
Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolationsInspections
2,929 inspection events and 132K published inspection hours across the historical record.
inspectionsviolationsHEALTH SAMPLING
Silica and quartz
Coal quartz, metal/nonmetal personal samples and area samples. Snapshot Oct 18, 2026. 823 silica records across the mine’s published history.
Coal quartz concentration
Quarterly mean · µg/m³ · not-voided samples
— No eligible measurements. * Quarter in progress. Means describe the available samples, not average exposure across the mine.
Quartz % is the sample’s quartz content; µg/m³ is its reported concentration. Personal C/E is the ratio to the limit published with that sample. Personal and area concentration units and void status are not specified in those source files.
| Date / sample | Dataset / analyte | Occupation / area | Measurement | Sample status | Published action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58551045 / lab 2026039097 | Coal quartzQuartz | OCCUPATION CODE NOT FOUNDINTAKE AIR | 1 µg/m³0.6% quartz | Not voided | Not reported |
| 58551031 / lab 2026039100 | Coal quartzQuartz | ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION | 4 µg/m³1.5% quartz | Not voided | Not reported |
| 58551039 / lab 2026039095 | Coal quartzQuartz | CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATORDESIGNATED OCCUPATION | 2 µg/m³0.8% quartz | Not voided | Not reported |
| 58551284 / lab 2026038879 | Coal quartzQuartz | MECHANICNON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION | 3 µg/m³1.9% quartz | Not voided | Not reported |
| 58551279 / lab 2026038877 | Coal quartzQuartz | OCCUPATION CODE NOT FOUNDINTAKE AIR | 17 µg/m³3.1% quartz | Not voided | Not reported |
| 58551287 / lab 2026038875 | Coal quartzQuartz | JACK SETTER (LONGWALL)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION | 22 µg/m³4.4% quartz | Not voided | Not reported |
| 58551286 / lab 2026038882 | Coal quartzQuartz | LONGWALL OPERATOR (TAILGATE SIDE)DESIGNATED OCCUPATION | 26 µg/m³3.7% quartz | Not voided | Not reported |
| 58551135 / lab 2026032961 | Coal quartzQuartz | OCCUPATION CODE NOT FOUNDINTAKE AIR | 3 µg/m³1.2% quartz | Not voided | Not reported |
| 58551283 / lab 2026032962 | Coal quartzQuartz | CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATORDESIGNATED OCCUPATION | 37 µg/m³4.1% quartz | Not voided | Not reported |
| 58551282 / lab 2026032957 | Coal quartzQuartz | ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION | 5 µg/m³1.2% quartz | Not voided | Not reported |
| 58551242 / lab 2026032958 | Coal quartzQuartz | OCCUPATION CODE NOT FOUNDINTAKE AIR | 3 µg/m³1.6% quartz | Not voided | Not reported |
| 58551848 / lab 2026021882 | Coal quartzQuartz | OCCUPATION CODE NOT FOUNDINTAKE AIR | 4 µg/m³0.8% quartz | Not voided | Not reported |
| 58551796 / lab 2026021886 | Coal quartzQuartz | JACK SETTER (LONGWALL)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION | 5 µg/m³1.2% quartz | Not voided | Not reported |
| 58551795 / lab 2026021881 | Coal quartzQuartz | MECHANICNON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION | 3 µg/m³1.1% quartz | Not voided | Not reported |
| 58551823 / lab 2026021887 | Coal quartzQuartz | LONGWALL OPERATOR (TAILGATE SIDE)DESIGNATED OCCUPATION | 10 µg/m³2.3% quartz | Not voided | Not reported |
| 58551801 / lab 2026019099 | Coal quartzQuartz | OCCUPATION CODE NOT FOUNDINTAKE AIR | 10 µg/m³2.3% quartz | Not voided | Not reported |
| 58551794 / lab 2026019095 | Coal quartzQuartz | ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION | 5 µg/m³1.5% quartz | Not voided | Not reported |
| 58551803 / lab 2026019097 | Coal quartzQuartz | OCCUPATION CODE NOT FOUNDINTAKE AIR | 1 µg/m³0.7% quartz | Not voided | Not reported |
| 58551799 / lab 2026019096 | Coal quartzQuartz | CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATORDESIGNATED OCCUPATION | 6 µg/m³2.3% quartz | Not voided | Not reported |
| 58551864 / lab 2026018941 | Coal quartzQuartz | CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATORDESIGNATED OCCUPATION | 24 µg/m³3.8% quartz | Not voided | Not reported |
Sources and interpretation
- Coal means use numeric concentrations from samples marked not voided, excluding control/invalid sample types and dates after the snapshot. Missing values remain null; reported zeroes remain zero.
- Quarterly means describe available samples, not mine-wide or worker-average exposure. Quarters with no eligible measurements remain empty; the current quarter is partial.
- Personal C/E is MSHA's published concentration-to-limit ratio. A value above 1 is not by itself a citation or a determination under the 2024 silica rule. Personal and area files do not publish a void-status field.
- Area records include bulk-dust analyses and are kept separate from personal exposure results. Their concentration units are not specified in the source dictionary.
- Missing samples do not establish safe conditions. Coal quartz percentage and concentration are separate measures. No compliance threshold is inferred for coal samples.
Coal quartz field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal personal field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal area field definitions ↗
EIA + TITLE 30
EIA production and cited regulations
EIA annual figures are reported separately from MSHA. Regulation links use the current eCFR snapshot.
- LABOR HOURS
- 1,136,153
- AVG EMPLOYEES
- 393
- SUPPLY REGION
- Appalachia Southern
- UNION
- United Mine Workers Of America
- OPERATION
- Mine and Preparation Plant
- COMPANY TYPE
- Operating Subsidiary
1 published EIA row aggregated under this MSHA ID. Components remain available in JSON.
RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS
Recent violations and samples
Latest records retained for inspection; aggregates above use the full source history.
Coal dust, noise and other contaminants. Silica records above ↑
SOURCE COVERAGE
Reporting dates and coverage
17 datasets contain linked records. Missing datasets are listed below.
NOTES
Limitations
- Contractor production is entity-level and is never represented as mine-attributable.
- Missing rows can mean no event, publication delay, identity mismatch, or inapplicability.