Mining Incidents

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
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
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.

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Incident timeline

2013
5
2012
4

Mines on record

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