What are Scott Kiscaden's MSHA penalties?

Scott Kiscaden has $260K in proposed MSHA penalties on record, $214K paid, and $12K outstanding.

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Scott Kiscaden controller

MSHA controller ID: C15876

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 31
Mines on record: 6
Years on record: 2000–2025

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

580

citations

126

significant & substantial

$259,673

proposed penalties

$213,991

paid to date

82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $45,682 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2000

177

inspections on record

7,997

inspection hours

7.3

citations per 100 inspection hours

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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.

580 citations across 7,997 inspection hours.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Penalty disposition

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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.

$260K

proposed penalties

$226K

current assessed

$214K

paid to date

$12K

outstanding

566 assessments are final orders; 16 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-17.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

MACHINERY 1 fatality · 3 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 10 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 8 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 5 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2025

2024

2 (1f)

2023

2022

2019

2018

2017

2000

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded

May 16, 2024 WV · Coal rotary bucket excavator operator Fatality · MACHINERY

CM Energy Operations LP · Struck against stationary object

Employee was operating an Excavator assisting Dozer operator in removing a big rock on the DC8A pit area. Excavator was between the rock and the top of highwall. Excavator went over the highwall ejecting the employee.

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