Knight Hawk Coal LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
At approximately 8:35pm the miner operator was fatally injured when he caught himself between the tail of the miner and the coal rib.
Arch Coal Inc.; Franklin D. Robertson; James O. Bunn controller
MSHA controller ID: 0105613
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
1,829
citations
311
significant & substantial
$1,027,644
proposed penalties
$865,681
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $161,963 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
513
inspections on record
36,619
inspection hours
5.0
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.1,829 citations across 36,619 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$1.0M
proposed penalties
$866K
current assessed
$866K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1,758 assessments are final orders; 57 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-09-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- MACHINERY 1 fatality · 10 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 57 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 49 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 28 non-fatal
- FIRE 27 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 14 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2020
35
2019
45
2018
17
2017
21
2016
18
2015
22
2014
12
2013
22 (1f)
2012
17
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
Fatalities under this controller
1 recordedFor insurers, brokers, and safety consultants
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