Mining Incidents

Addington Inc operator

Controlled by Pittston Company
MSHA operator ID: P22619
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
150
Mines on record
11
Years on record
1994–2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
195
citations
93
significant & substantial
$32,894
proposed penalties
$32,694
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $200 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
97
inspections on record
2,498
inspection hours
7.8
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.
195 citations across 2,498 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.
$33K
proposed penalties
$33K
current assessed
$33K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
186 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-07-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2002
8
2001
6
2000
14
1999
25
1998
20
1997
23
1996
9
1995
9
1994
36 (1f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
May 9, 1994 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY
Addington Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MATERIAL WAS BEING PUSHED FROM A SHOT WITH A DOZER, OVER THE HIGHWALL. THE HIGWALL BROKE AND THE DOZER FELL APPROX 150 FT TO THE LOWER PIT. THIS RESULT IN FATAL INJURIES TO THE DOZER OPERATOR.

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