Mining Incidents

Zeigler Coal Holding Company controller

MSHA controller ID: C11633

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Fatalities
9
Total incidents
7119
Mines on record
50
Years on record
1985–1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
4
citations
2
significant & substantial
$288
proposed penalties
$55
paid to date
19% of proposed penalties paid to date — a $233 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
36
inspections on record
212
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 212 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

1999
3
1998
132 (1f)
1997
295
1996
379 (1f)
1995
191 (3f)

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

9 recorded
July 2, 1998 WY · Coal Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Triton Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAULAGE TRUCK DRIVER AND PICKUP DRIVER MET ON THE DUMP TO SWAP PLACES DURING LUNCH. AFTER THE EXCHANGE, THE HAULAGE TRUCK DROVE OVER THE PICKUP RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES TO THE PICKUP DRIV ER.

April 8, 1996 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Old Ben Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMLOYEE WAS CLASSIFIED AS A GENERAL INSIDE LABORER, HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAKE THE TRACTOR TO UNITE #1 AND PICKKKUP A SLINGER DUSTER. HE WAS TO EMPTY TO DUSTER ON THE ROADWAY LEADING OUT OF UN IT #1. HE GOT THE UNIT REPAIRMAN TO HELP HIM HOOK TO THE DUSTER. HE STARTED OUT OF THE UNIT. APPROX 1 X-CUT OUTBY THE WORK BENCH A FEW MIN LATER HE WAS FOUND UNDER THE CAB END OF THE TRACTO

October 20, 1995 KY · Coal electrician, lineman Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Contact with electrical current

EE CHIEF ELECT RICAN CAME IN CONTACT WITH 12470 VOLTS IN A HIGH VOLTAGE SPLICE BOX IN WHICH HE APPARENTLY WAS GOING TO CLEAN THE BOX WAS ENERGIZED