Bluff Spur Coal Corporation operator
Controlled by
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
MSHA operator ID: P24353
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 115
- Mines on record
- 2
- Years on record
- 2001–2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1,200
citations
452
significant & substantial
$455,573
proposed penalties
$363,467
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $92,106 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
403
inspections on record
14,430
inspection hours
8.3
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.1,200 citations across 14,430 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.$456K
proposed penalties
$363K
current assessed
$363K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1,171 assessments are final orders; 78 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-12-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 33 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 33 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 15 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 12 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 7 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 6 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2012
1
2011
3
2010
2
2009
21
2008
12
2007
10
2006
12
2005
17
2004
6
2003
14
2002
13
2001
4
Mines on record
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