Mining Incidents

AK Steel Holding Corporation controller

MSHA controller ID: 0105971

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
33
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2013–2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
622
citations
93
significant & substantial
$263,075
proposed penalties
$187,824
paid to date
71% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $75,251 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
145
inspections on record
13,333
inspection hours
4.7
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.
622 citations across 13,333 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$263K
proposed penalties
$188K
current assessed
$188K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
611 assessments are final orders; 30 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-03-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2020
2
2019
7
2018
7 (1f)
2017
3
2016
1
2015
3
2014
7
2013
3

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
December 20, 2018 PA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
AK Coal Resources, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While operating the 2nd/back MBC (mobile bridge carrier) the employee became pinned between the bridge of the MBC and the rib.

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