Black River Coal, LLC operator
Controlled by
James C Justice II
MSHA operator ID: 0121130
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 9
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 2012–2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
452
citations
141
significant & substantial
$778,225
proposed penalties
$300,059
paid to date
39% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $478,166 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
60
inspections on record
3,821
inspection hours
11.8
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.452 citations across 3,821 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.$778K
proposed penalties
$457K
current assessed
$300K
paid to date
$157K
outstanding
436 assessments are final orders; 46 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-01-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 3 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 2 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 1 non-fatal
- IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST 1 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2013
5
2012
4
Mines on record
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