Mining Incidents

Alpha & Omega Coal Company LLC operator

Controlled by John W Smith
MSHA operator ID: 0060363
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
46
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2006–2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
666
citations
215
significant & substantial
$453,299
proposed penalties
$342,078
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $111,221 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
56
inspections on record
4,080
inspection hours
16.3
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.
666 citations across 4,080 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.
$453K
proposed penalties
$412K
current assessed
$342K
paid to date
$70K
outstanding
651 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-02-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2011
3
2010
4
2009
11
2008
11
2007
9
2006
8

Mines on record

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