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Forest Coal Company controller
MSHA controller ID: C13727
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
647
citations
229
significant & substantial
$316,980
proposed penalties
$175,207
paid to date
55% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $141,773 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
226
inspections on record
10,561
inspection hours
6.1
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.647 citations across 10,561 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.$317K
proposed penalties
$175K
current assessed
$175K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
635 assessments are final orders; 13 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-03-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- ELECTRICAL 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 54 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 45 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 45 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 40 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 15 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2010
3
2009
7
2008
8
2007
9
2006
9
2005
7
2004
5
2003
17 (1f)
2002
18
2001
17
2000
22
1999
15
1998
10
1997
5
1996
6
1995
7
1994
13
1993
9
1992
5
1991
18
1990
17
1989
2
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- Bergholz 7 OH
- No 10-6A OH
- Beaver Valley PA
- No 10 OH
- No 11 OH
- No 14 OH
- No 15 OH
- No 6 OH
- No 13 OH
- Owv Mine OH
Fatalities under this controller
1 recordedFor insurers, brokers, and safety consultants
The full compliance file on Forest Coal Company
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.