R Bruce Ferguson; James S Ferguson controller
MSHA controller ID: C09383
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 92
- Mines on record
- 5
- Years on record
- 1983–2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
15
citations
10
significant & substantial
$3,665
proposed penalties
$3,665
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
13
inspections on record
261
inspection hours
n/a
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.Rate withheld: 261 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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.$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-04-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 40 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 16 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 12 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 7 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 7 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 4 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2009
1
1997
3
1996
1
1995
9
1994
3
1993
5
1992
6
1991
4
1990
14
1989
9
1988
4
1987
10
1986
4
1985
12
1984
3
1983
4
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- H-4 KY
- Flying Eagle Mine WV
- Mine No 8a WV
- South Fork No 1 Deep (1) WV
- Hope #1 WV
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