What are William M Bale's MSHA penalties?

William M Bale has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties on record, $25K paid, and $0 outstanding.

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William M Bale controller

MSHA controller ID: C06793

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 138
Mines on record: 6
Years on record: 1983–2003

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

190

citations

significant & substantial

$24,968

proposed penalties

$24,968

paid to date

100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2001

162

inspections on record

4,477

inspection hours

4.2

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.

190 citations across 4,477 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.

$25K

proposed penalties

$25K

current assessed

$25K

paid to date

outstanding

187 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2004-04-07.

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

Top causes

MACHINERY 1 fatality · 31 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 43 non-fatal
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 21 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 18 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 10 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 8 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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Operators under this controller

U.S. Coal, Inc. 138

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded

June 13, 1997 TN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · MACHINERY

U S Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THEY WERE REPAIRING (PACKING) IN A LIFT CYLINDER JACK WHEN THE I-BEAM HOLDING THE BUCKET APPROX. 12' OFF OF THE GROUND SPLIT DOWN THE CENTER ALLOWING THE BOOM AND BUCKET TO FALL TRAPPING HIM. THIS RESULTED IN AN IMMEDIATE FATALITY.

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