Mining Incidents

Patriot Coal Corporation; Rhino Resource Partners LP controller

MSHA controller ID: 0102349

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
29
Mines on record
3
Years on record
2011–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
576
citations
111
significant & substantial
$682,754
proposed penalties
$526,801
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $155,953 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
95
inspections on record
5,233
inspection hours
11.0
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.
576 citations across 5,233 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.
$683K
proposed penalties
$527K
current assessed
$527K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
566 assessments are final orders; 34 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-11-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2014
10
2013
3
2012
11
2011
5

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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