90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $117,578 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
174
inspections on record
10,224
inspection hours
9.2
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.
940 citations across 10,224 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.
$1.2M
proposed penalties
$1.1M
current assessed
$1.1M
paid to date
$7K
outstanding
921 assessments are final orders; 39 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-12-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
October 19, 1994NM · Coalmotorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operatorFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
BHP Navajo Coal Company · Fall from machine
HE WAS HAULING COAL FROM LOWE STOCKPILE TO THE COAL PREPARATION PLANT DURING NIGHT SHIFT. UPON RETURNING TO LOWE STOCKPILE WITH AN EMPTY TRAIN TO PICK UP THE LAST LOADED TRAIN WHICH WAS PARKED ON THE WEST TRACK, THE OPERATOR FAILED TO STOP AT A SWITCH STATION AND SWITCH THE RAIL TO THE EAST TRACK BEFORE CONTINUING. THE TRAINED TRAVELING A AN UNDETERMINED SPEED WENT ACROSS THE SWITC
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