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Jerry M Gaines controller

MSHA controller ID: C15314

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Fatalities
2
Total incidents
55
Mines on record
6
Years on record
1995–2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
146
citations
49
significant & substantial
$60,541
proposed penalties
$60,041
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $500 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
114
inspections on record
1,563
inspection hours
9.3
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.
146 citations across 1,563 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.
$61K
proposed penalties
$60K
current assessed
$60K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
142 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-06-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2007
7
2006
16
2005
11
2004
6
2003
4
2002
3 (1f)
2000
2
1998
2
1996
3
1995
1 (1f)

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

2 recorded
October 7, 2002 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Tuscaloosa Resources Inc · Struck by falling object

ON OCT.7, 2002, A 31 YEAR OLD MINER WAS FATALLY INJURED BY THE FALL OF A SINGLE ROCK/CLAY MASS FROM LOOSE UNCONSOLIDATED MATERIAL LOCATED ABOVE THE HIGHWALL. RAINFALL HAD OCCURRED DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS & WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN HEAVY JUST PRIOR TO THE START OF THE 6AM SHIFT. MINER WAS HAND SHOVELING RAW COAL FROM THE BASE TO SCOOP INTO LOADER. NOT WEARING A HARD HAT.

November 28, 1995 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Drummond Company, Inc. · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

EE WAS REMOVING COAL FROM THE #17 CLEAN COAL CONVEYOR BELT, WHEN THE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE COLLAPSED.

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