Argus Energy WV LLC operator
Controlled by
James H Booth
MSHA operator ID: 0050985
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 322
- Mines on record
- 7
- Years on record
- 2003–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
3,982
citations
1,763
significant & substantial
$6,111,090
proposed penalties
$4,326,823
paid to date
71% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,784,267 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
610
inspections on record
30,752
inspection hours
12.9
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.3,982 citations across 30,752 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.$6.1M
proposed penalties
$4.7M
current assessed
$4.3M
paid to date
$392K
outstanding
3,910 assessments are final orders; 207 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-09-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 72 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 66 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 57 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 54 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 22 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 21 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2014
1
2013
32
2012
48
2011
30
2010
22
2009
27
2008
20
2007
31
2006
27
2005
35
2004
28
2003
21
Mines on record
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