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James H Booth controller

MSHA controller ID: C11194

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Fatalities
5
Total incidents
1726
Mines on record
114
Years on record
1984–2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
15,780
citations
5,292
significant & substantial
$10,497,735
proposed penalties
$7,297,658
paid to date
70% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,200,077 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
4,980
inspections on record
204,963
inspection hours
7.7
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
15,780 citations across 204,963 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$10.5M
proposed penalties
$8.3M
current assessed
$7.3M
paid to date
$1.0M
outstanding
15,442 assessments are final orders; 1,072 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2020
6
2019
20
2018
33
2017
37
2016
63
2015
68 (1f)
2014
52
2013
85
2012
104
2011
81 (1f)
2010
84
2009
99
2008
76
2007
94
2006
98

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

5 recorded
May 28, 2015 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Apex Energy, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The employee was connecting a chain around the bumper of a tractor to a road grader when the grader rolled back and pinned him between to bumper of the tractor and Grader.

March 25, 2011 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Matrix Energy LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Setting miner up to take first cut of coal when he became pinched between miner boom and rib.

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