Douglas M Epling controller
MSHA controller ID: C15927
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 97
- Mines on record
- 18
- Years on record
- 2001–2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1,429
citations
546
significant & substantial
$1,006,002
proposed penalties
$840,055
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $165,947 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
358
inspections on record
15,710
inspection hours
9.1
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.1,429 citations across 15,710 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
$842K
current assessed
$840K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
1,358 assessments are final orders; 29 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-02-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 23 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 17 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 14 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 13 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 12 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 7 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2021
1
2014
6
2013
5
2012
7
2011
16
2010
9
2009
5
2008
7
2007
11
2006
19
2005
4
2004
1
2003
3
2002
2
2001
1
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- Witcher Creek Surface Mine WV
- Four Mile Surface Mine No 2 WV
- Silver Oak No. 1 WV
- Caymus Mine WV
- Slaughter Creek Prep Plant WV
- Opus Mine WV
- SHM #67 WV
- Brushy Fork WV
- Bishop Surface WV
- Miura No. 2 WV
- Lease 1 Surface Mine WV
- 8-C Mine WV
- Mine 5 WV
- Mine No 5 WV
- Miura No. 1 WV
- Tacoma No 1 Surface Mine WV
- Synergy Surface Mine No 1 WV
- Mountaineer Surface Mine No 1 WV
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The full compliance file on Douglas M Epling
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.