Data / Mines / Alabama / Shoal Creek Mine
Shoal Creek Mine: 2,721 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Shoal Creek Mine is an active coal (bituminous) underground mine in Walker County, Alabama, operated by Peabody Southeast Mining, LLC with 403 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 0102901). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 2,721 citations and orders there with $3,152,963 in proposed penalties, and 85 accident reports were filed there, with 56 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 0102901
- Status
- Active since June 16, 2023
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Underground
- County
- Walker County, Alabama
- Nearest town
- Oakman
- Operator
- Peabody Southeast Mining, LLC
- Parent company
- Peabody Energy Corporation
- Employees
- 403
- MSHA field office
- Birmingham AL Field Office (B)
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 2,721
- Significant and substantial
- 733 (26.9%)
- Closure orders
- 31
- High negligence or reckless
- 138
- Proposed penalties
- $3,152,963
- Amount paid so far
- $1,916,483
- Inspections
- 455
- Inspector hours on site
- 17,646
- Citations per inspection
- 5.98 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 85
- Injury and illness cases
- 56
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- November 5, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 34 ($28,741 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 724 | 215 | $902,633 | 15 |
| 2023 | 545 | 137 | $755,461 | 12 |
| 2024 | 570 | 147 | $541,841 | 8 |
| 2025 | 448 | 107 | $554,728 | 17 |
| 2026 | 434 | 127 | $398,300 | 4 |
Standards cited most at Shoal Creek Mine
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 75.400 | Underground coal mines, safety | 322 |
| 30 CFR 75.202 | Underground coal mines, safety | 239 |
| 30 CFR 75.220 | Underground coal mines, safety | 128 |
| 30 CFR 75.380 | Underground coal mines, safety | 121 |
| 30 CFR 75.333 | Underground coal mines, safety | 117 |
| 30 CFR 75.1731 | Underground coal mines, safety | 106 |
| 30 CFR 75.370 | Underground coal mines, safety | 92 |
| 30 CFR 75.1725 | Underground coal mines, safety | 92 |
| 30 CFR 75.512 | Underground coal mines, safety | 84 |
| 30 CFR 75.403 | Underground coal mines, safety | 77 |
| 30 CFR 75.360 | Underground coal mines, safety | 62 |
| 30 CFR 75.1722 | Underground coal mines, safety | 60 |
| 30 CFR 75.1100-3 | Underground coal mines, safety | 59 |
| 30 CFR 75.1909 | Underground coal mines, safety | 56 |
| 30 CFR 75.1910 | Underground coal mines, safety | 50 |
Injury and illness cases at Shoal Creek Mine
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 45 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 11 |
What the accident reports at Shoal Creek Mine describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hoisting | 17 |
| Fall of roof or back | 15 |
| Slip or fall of person | 14 |
| Handling of materials | 14 |
| Powered haulage | 7 |
| Machinery | 6 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 4 |
| Stepping or kneeling on object | 2 |
| Fire | 2 |
| Fall of face/rib/pillar/side/highwall | 2 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Shoal Creek Mine
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Elevator | 17 |
| Hand tools (not powered) | 5 |
| Mancar | 4 |
| Longwall machine | 2 |
| Longwall subparts | 1 |
| Continuous miner | 1 |
| Load-haul-dump | 1 |
| Rock dusting machine | 1 |
| Trucks | 1 |
| Forklift | 1 |
Other open mines in Walker County, Alabama
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon Hill Prep Plant | Prospect Mining & Development Co. LLC | Walker County, AL | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 26 |
| Gob Farms | Gob Farms LLC | Walker County, AL | Sand, industrial | 4 | 19 |
| Corinth Prep Plant | Prospect Mining & Development Co. LLC | Walker County, AL | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 8 |
| Choctaw Mine | Iron Eagle Land Rehabilitation, LLC | Walker County, AL | Coal (bituminous) | 3 | 5 |
| Gooden Creek II | Kennedy Brothers Construction LLC | Walker County, AL | Coal (bituminous) | 2 | 0 |
| Mary Lee # 1 Mine | Drummond Company, Inc. | Walker County, AL | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 0 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.