Blue Creek Mining, LLC safety activity
MSHA violations, accident reports and inspections across the current mine portfolio.
Safety activity
Automatic fire sensors and manual actuators; installation; minimum requirements.
Blue Creek No. 1 UG Mine · 460929730 CFR 75.1107-4(c) · $432.00 proposed penalty
Water sprinkler systems; fire warning devices at belt drives.
Blue Creek No. 1 UG Mine · 460929730 CFR 75.1101-10 · $193.00 proposed penalty
Inspection of fire suppression devices.
Blue Creek No. 1 UG Mine · 460929730 CFR 75.1107-16(b) · $432.00 proposed penalty
Mechanical equipment guards.
Blue Creek No. 1 UG Mine · 460929730 CFR 75.1722(b) · $193.00 proposed penalty
Permanent splicing of trailing cables.
Blue Creek No. 1 UG Mine · 460929730 CFR 75.604(b) · $432.00 proposed penalty
Identification of circuit breakers.
Blue Creek No. 1 UG Mine · 460929730 CFR 75.904 · $432.00 proposed penalty
Handtools (nonpowered)
Blue Creek No. 1 UG Mine · 4609297No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
Employee was trying to recover aqua couplings. Employee was using a crib to remove coupling from waterline and smashed finger between waterline and coupling.
Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.
Blue Creek No. 1 UG Mine · 460929730 CFR 75.370(a)(1) · $549.00 proposed penalty
Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.
Blue Creek No. 1 UG Mine · 460929730 CFR 75.370(a)(1) · $245.00 proposed penalty
Ventilation controls.
Blue Creek No. 1 UG Mine · 460929730 CFR 75.333(d)(3) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Other safeguards.
Blue Creek No. 1 UG Mine · 460929730 CFR 75.1403 · $193.00 proposed penalty
Handtools (nonpowered)
Blue Creek No. 1 UG Mine · 4609297No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
Employee was attempting to couple a diesel locomotive to a lowboy railcar. Employee used a railjack to raise the drawhead of the lowboy, the drawhead fell off the railjack and caught employee's middle and ring fingers on the right hand between the two.
Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.
Blue Creek No. 1 UG Mine · 460929730 CFR 75.503 · $193.00 proposed penalty
Accumulation of combustible materials.
Blue Creek No. 1 UG Mine · 460929730 CFR 75.400 · $245.00 proposed penalty
Violation — cited standard not reported
Blue Creek No. 1 UG Mine · 4609297Non-Injury Accident Investigation
Blue Creek No. 1 UG Mine · 46092976.8 on-site hours reported
Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.
Blue Creek No. 1 UG Mine · 460929730 CFR 75.517 · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $3,184.00 proposed penalty
Low-, medium-, or high-voltage distribution circuits and equipment; repair.
Blue Creek No. 1 UG Mine · 460929730 CFR 75.511 · $959.00 proposed penalty
Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.
Blue Creek No. 1 UG Mine · 460929730 CFR 75.380(d)(1) · $959.00 proposed penalty
Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.
Blue Creek No. 1 UG Mine · 460929730 CFR 75.1100-2(f) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Accumulation of combustible materials.
Blue Creek No. 1 UG Mine · 460929730 CFR 75.400 · $549.00 proposed penalty
Handling of materials
Blue Creek Prep Plant · 4609226No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
Teammate was attempting to open a door at the Blue Creek Loadout. When the employee pulled on the door with EE's left hand EE felt a pop in EE's left arm. During treatment the employee was diagnosed with a full tear of EE's left bicep.
Automatic fire warning devices; actions and response.
Blue Creek No. 1 UG Mine · 460929730 CFR 75.1103-5(a) · $288.00 proposed penalty
Installation of water sprinkler systems; requirements.
Blue Creek No. 1 UG Mine · 460929730 CFR 75.1101-7(c) · $288.00 proposed penalty
Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.
Blue Creek No. 1 UG Mine · 460929730 CFR 75.512 · $504.00 proposed penalty
Sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date) and Inspections (begin date).
Violation titles use current CFR headings to identify the cited rule; they are not the inspector’s account of what happened.
Status is from the current MSHA Mines snapshot, not the selected reporting period. Closed records can retain their last reported controller/operator.
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.