Mining Incidents

National Coal Corporation controller

MSHA controller ID: 0041843

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
271
Mines on record
17
Years on record
1994–2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
1,783
citations
717
significant & substantial
$1,112,017
proposed penalties
$802,396
paid to date
72% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $309,621 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
320
inspections on record
19,200
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.
1,783 citations across 19,200 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.
$1.1M
proposed penalties
$1.0M
current assessed
$802K
paid to date
$227K
outstanding
1,746 assessments are final orders; 16 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-12-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2010
28
2009
43 (1f)
2008
10
2007
27
2006
17
2005
17
2004
9
1999
13
1998
16
1997
16
1996
15
1995
15
1994
13

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
October 9, 2009 TN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
National Coal Corporation · Struck against stationary object

Truck traveling from mine site. The victim had truck in high gear, truck was out of control, he put truck in ditch and jumped out. Victim received fatal injury to head.

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