67% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,730,786 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
1,202
inspections on record
52,184
inspection hours
14.8
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.
7,713 citations across 52,184 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.
$14.5M
proposed penalties
$9.8M
current assessed
$9.8M
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
7,583 assessments are final orders; 155 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-03-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Big Ridge Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
The EE was operating the C.M., he was making the first cut in the C.C. left from No. 4 to No. 5 entry. After making the initial cut,EE backed the C.M. into C.C. between No. 4 and 3 entries to set the machine to slab the right side of the cut. As he backed the machine into the C.C., he was pinned between the outby rib of the C.C. and the left side of the cutter head. (See attached)
July 9, 2010IL · Coalbull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift bossFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Big Ridge Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
A Supervisor was found lying in an active roadway intersection with fatal injuries that would appear to have been caused by a coal hauler running over his body. There were no eyewitnesses. The investigation is ongoing.
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