What are Carl Kirk's MSHA penalties?

Carl Kirk has $1.5M in proposed MSHA penalties on record, $183K paid, and $1.3M outstanding.

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Carl Kirk controller

MSHA controller ID: C05558

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Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 432
Mines on record: 41
Years on record: 1983–2010

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

3,020

citations

1,104

significant & substantial

$1,510,641

proposed penalties

$183,219

paid to date

12% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,327,422 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2000

566

inspections on record

20,320

inspection hours

14.9

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.

3,020 citations across 20,320 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.

$1.5M

proposed penalties

$1.5M

current assessed

$183K

paid to date

$1.3M

outstanding

2,922 assessments are final orders; 33 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2010-05-25.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 47 non-fatal
ELECTRICAL 1 fatality · 6 non-fatal
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 144 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 93 non-fatal
MACHINERY 50 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 41 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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8 (1f)

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47 (1f)

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1983

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

MINE FOUR LLC WV
#12A KY
No. 7 KY
Risner #1 KY
No 4A KY
No 12 KY
#5A KY
#4B KY
Bronzite WV
4 A KY
No 6 WV
Emily Creek Energy KY
No. 7 KY
No 4 KY
Pond Creek No 2 KY
No 11 KY
Copeland Mine KY
Greasy Creek #16 KY
No 3 KY
No 7 WV
No 12 KY
No 6 KY
No 8 KY
No 7 KY
Mine No 4 KY
No 5a KY
No 10 KY
No 5 KY
#3 KY
No 8 KY
#2 KY
Mine #1 KY
#7 KY
No 1 KY
Mine No 1 WV
No 1 KY
#1 KY
No 7-A KY
No 6 KY
No 5 KY
No 1 Mine KY

Fatalities under this controller

2 recorded

November 1, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

North Star Contractors Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE EITHER TRIPPED AND FELL ONTO BELT OR FELL ONTO BELT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CROSS BELT WHILE USING THE TAILPIECE SPILL PLATES AS SUPPORTS. EMPLOYEE STRUCK TAILPIECE SPILL PLATE AND 1ST RO LLER OUTBY TAILPIECE CONTINUED DOWN #2 BELT TO #2 BELT DRIVE DISCHARGE ROLLER WHERE HE WAS SQUEEZED BETWEEN THE BELT AND TOP. HE EITHER FELL OR WAS THROWN INTO #1 BELT TAILPIECE AND CONTINUED

September 17, 1990 KY · Coal electrician, lineman Fatality · ELECTRICAL

Canada Coal Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON POWER CENTER: EMPLOYEE CAME IN CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED POWER WIRES.

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