Ernest E Varney controller
MSHA controller ID: C03960
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 30
- Mines on record
- 8
- Years on record
- 1989–2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
518
citations
135
significant & substantial
$94,512
proposed penalties
$90,777
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,735 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
207
inspections on record
6,057
inspection hours
8.6
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.518 citations across 6,057 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.$95K
proposed penalties
$91K
current assessed
$91K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
514 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-04-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 14 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 7 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 3 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 2 non-fatal
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 1 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2004
2
1999
2
1997
1
1995
2
1994
3
1993
7
1991
3
1990
5
1989
5
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- Meridian #2 VA
- Meridian Mine VA
- Mine #7 VA
- No 10 VA
- Mine #6 VA
- Keystone #2 WV
- Warco #1 KY
- Mine No 2 VA
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