Mining Incidents

John H Parton controller

MSHA controller ID: C14115

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
67
Mines on record
9
Years on record
1990–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1,459
citations
351
significant & substantial
$344,611
proposed penalties
$285,144
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $59,467 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
257
inspections on record
13,610
inspection hours
10.7
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.
1,459 citations across 13,610 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.
$345K
proposed penalties
$285K
current assessed
$285K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1,422 assessments are final orders; 66 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-09-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2014
3
2013
2
2012
3 (1f)
2011
6
2009
1
2008
1
2007
2
2006
7
2005
2
2003
4
2000
1
1999
7
1998
7
1997
4
1996
8
1995
2
1993
2
1992
2
1991
1
1990
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
March 3, 2012 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Parton Bros. Contracting, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee was installing a canopy on the shuttle car and the canopy fell on him striking him in the head and chest.

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