Alpha Highwall Mining, LLC operator
Controlled by
Jeffery A Hoops
MSHA operator ID: 0116227
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Mines on record
- 3
- Years on record
- 2012–2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
74
citations
41
significant & substantial
$209,147
proposed penalties
$41,202
paid to date
20% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $167,945 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
38
inspections on record
1,152
inspection hours
6.4
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.74 citations across 1,152 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.$209K
proposed penalties
$77K
current assessed
$41K
paid to date
$36K
outstanding
70 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-11-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 2 non-fatal
- ELECTRICAL 1 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 1 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2013
1
2012
4
Mines on record
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