Black Dog Coal Corporation operator
Controlled by
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
MSHA operator ID: 0056997
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 33
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 2005–2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
445
citations
210
significant & substantial
$209,228
proposed penalties
$178,230
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $30,998 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
256
inspections on record
5,958
inspection hours
7.5
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.445 citations across 5,958 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
$178K
current assessed
$178K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
435 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-10-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 12 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 4 non-fatal
- IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST 4 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 3 non-fatal
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 2 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2009
1
2008
5
2007
5
2006
11
2005
11
Mines on record
- No 2 VA
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