Mining Incidents

Bluestone Coal Corporation operator

Controlled by Mechel Oao
MSHA operator ID: P02030
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
108
Mines on record
8
Years on record
1984–2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
699
citations
296
significant & substantial
$837,824
proposed penalties
$351,152
paid to date
42% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $486,672 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
233
inspections on record
7,612
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.
699 citations across 7,612 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.
$835K
proposed penalties
$350K
current assessed
$349K
paid to date
$469
outstanding
678 assessments are final orders; 63 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-03-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2012
1
2011
3
2010
10
2009
5
2008
4
2007
5
2006
2
2005
5
2004
17
2003
7
2002
7
2001
8
2000
5
1999
5
1998
3
1997
5
1996
2
1995
1
1994
2
1993
3 (1f)
1991
1
1990
1
1989
1
1987
2
1985
1
1984
2

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
January 11, 1993 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Bluestone Coal Corporation · Fall from machine

STEEP GRADE AND NO ESCAPE RAMPS. DRIVER ERROR.

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