94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $23,405 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
194
inspections on record
8,402
inspection hours
6.1
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.
512 citations across 8,402 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.
$368K
proposed penalties
$344K
current assessed
$344K
paid to date
$20
outstanding
505 assessments are final orders; 21 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-07-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
September 9, 2003WY · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Alpha Coal West, Inc. · Struck by flying object
VICTIM'S 3/4 TON PICK-UP TRUCK WAS PULLING SHOVEL TRAILING CABLE AND HAD BECOME STUCK OR THERE WAS LOSS OF TRACTION; THERE WAS A 2ND PICK-UP HOOKED UP TO THE 1ST TRUCK WITH A 1"NYLON ROPE. TH E ROPE WAS PLACED ON A HOOK WHILE TOWING; THE HOOK ON THE TOWING TRUCK FAILED CAUSING THE HOOK TO SLINGSHOT THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD OF THE TOWED TRUCK, STRIKING THE VICTIM.
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