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Magnum Coal Company controller

MSHA controller ID: 0056849

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
288
Mines on record
20
Years on record
2003–2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
2,523
citations
1,012
significant & substantial
$3,394,206
proposed penalties
$1,824,373
paid to date
54% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,569,833 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
367
inspections on record
19,888
inspection hours
12.7
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.
2,523 citations across 19,888 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.
$3.4M
proposed penalties
$1.8M
current assessed
$1.8M
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
2,454 assessments are final orders; 72 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-07-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2008
43
2007
102 (1f)
2006
99
2005
31
2004
9
2003
4

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
November 4, 2007 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Patriot Coal Holdings I LLC · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was alone on the 3rd floor of the plant when he fell approximately 20 feet to the ground floor.

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