Mining Incidents

Rainbow Trout Coal LLC controller

MSHA controller ID: 0042013

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
223
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2003–2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
830
citations
381
significant & substantial
$180,777
proposed penalties
$163,705
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $17,072 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
212
inspections on record
8,082
inspection hours
10.3
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.
830 citations across 8,082 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.
$181K
proposed penalties
$165K
current assessed
$164K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
812 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-12-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2006
56 (1f)
2005
73
2004
65
2003
29

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
April 7, 2006 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Mystic LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee received fatal injuries when he became caught in the dolly of a mobile bridge system.

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