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Ralph Napier controller

MSHA controller ID: C12345

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
6
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1996–1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
5
citations
0
significant & substantial
$275
proposed penalties
$179
paid to date
65% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $96 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
3
inspections on record
109
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 109 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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.
$275
proposed penalties
$275
current assessed
$179
paid to date
$96
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-03-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

1999
1
1998
2 (1f)
1997
2
1996
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
June 6, 1998 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
R & R Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE FALTALY INJURED PERSON WAS USING THE BUCKET OF THE SCOOP TO HOLD DOWN A HEAD DRIVE THAT WAS BALANCED IN THE CENTER ON CRIB BLOCKS. THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCOOP BUCKET SLIPPED OFF THE HEAD DR IVE. WHEN THAT HAPPENED THE OPERATOR'S SIDE WAS THROWN INTO THE MINE ROOF CATCHING HIS HEAD AND NECK BETWEEN SCOOP AND ROOF.

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