EX-95 19 te-ex95_20141231298.htm EX-95

 

Exhibit 95

MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE

TECO Coal’s subsidiaries operate mining complexes that are subject to regulation by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) under the U.S. Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (the Mine Act).  MSHA inspects TECO Coal mines on a regular basis and issues various citations and orders when it believes that a violation of the Mine Act, any health or safety standard, or any regulation has occurred. Set forth below is information regarding certain mining safety and health orders and citations issued by MSHA and related assessment and legal actions and mine related fatalities with respect to TECO Coal’s mining operations. In evaluating this information, consideration should be given to factors such as: (i) the number of citations and orders will vary depending on the size and type (underground or surface) of the coal mine, (ii) the number of citations and orders issued will vary from inspector to inspector, and (iii) citations and orders can be contested and appealed, and as part of that process, may be reduced in severity and amount, and are sometimes dismissed.

For purposes of reporting regulatory matters under Section 1503(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the following table sets forth the total number of specific citations and orders issued by MSHA under the Mine Act, along with the total dollar value of the proposed civil penalty assessment, and the total number of fatalities during the current reporting period for each TECO Coal subsidiary that is acting as a coal mine operator, by individual mine. Information relating to the aggregate number of legal actions pending, initiated and resolved during the reporting period is also reported below for each of the mines.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2014 (1)(2)

 

Mine ID #

 

Section

104 S&S

Citations

 

 

Section

104(b)

Orders

 

 

Section

104(d)

Citations

and Orders

 

 

Section

110(b)(2)

Violations

 

 

Section

107(a)

Orders

 

 

Proposed

MSHA

Assessments

for 2014 (In thousands)

 

 

Fatalities

 

 

Pending

Legal

Actions

(total)  

(3)(4)

 

 

Legal

Actions

Initiated

during  

2014 (3)

 

 

Legal

Actions

Resolved

during  

2014 (3)

 

Clintwood Elkhorn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15-16734 (7)

 

 

2

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

$

2.32

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

2

 

15-19396

 

 

2

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

$

0.81

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

44-03010

 

 

15

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

$

6.33

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

4

 

44-07199 (7)

 

 

14

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

$

14.21

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

7

 

YGX (5)(7)

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

$

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

Totals

 

 

33

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

$

23.67

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

13

 

Perry County

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15-05485 (7)

 

 

4

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

$

4.53

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

25

 

15-18565 (7)

 

 

24

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

$

52.19

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

26

 

 

 

34

 

 

 

57

 

15-18662 (7)

 

 

5

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

$

16.71

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

26

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

23

 

15-19015 (7)

 

 

21

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

$

64.74

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

38

 

 

 

72

 

Totals

 

 

54

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

$

138.17

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

65

 

 

 

91

 

 

 

177

 

Premier Elkhorn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15-16470

 

 

2

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

$

3.41

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

15-18823

 

 

2

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

$

15.92

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

9

 

15-18946

 

 

4

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

$

3.95

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

15-19622

 

 

3

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

$

5.08

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

15-19649

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

$

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

15-19721

 

 

3

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

$

0.99

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

15-19760

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

$

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

A906 (6)

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

$

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

Totals

 

 

14

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

$

29.35

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

9

 

Grand Totals

 

 

101

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

$

191.19

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

68

 

 

 

94

 

 

 

199

 

 

Footnotes:

1. Based on data obtained from MSHA Mine Data Retrieval System as of January 1, 2015 for YE 2014.

2. No TECO Coal Corporation mining entity has received written notice that it meets the requirements of a Pattern of Violations (POV) during the reporting period.

3. All of the Pending Legal Actions identified in this column are based on data contained in the MSHA Mine Data Retrieval System (MDRS) at the time of data retrieval for this report.

4. All of the Legal Actions involve citations or orders referenced in Subpart B of 29 C.F.R. Part 2700 that are being contested by a TECO Coal LLC subsidiary.

5.  YGX is the MSHA "Contractor Identification Number" assigned to Clintwood Elkhorn Mining LLC for contracted engineering work performed at a mine that is operated by an independent contract mining company for Clintwood Elkhorn Mining LLC.

 


 

6. A-906  is the MSHA "Contractor Identification Number" assigned to Premier Elkhorn Coal LLC for contracted engineering work performed at a mine that is operated by an independent contract mining company for Premier Elkhorn Coal LLC.

7. In addition to the number of "Legal Actions Resolved During the Period", a total of 14 vacated citations that were shown "In Contest" in previous quarterly reports are no longer within the MSHA MDRS, and are therefore no longer reflected on this report.