Buckingham Coal Company,LLC operator
Controlled by
Westmoreland Coal Company
MSHA operator ID: P23751
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 225
- Mines on record
- 3
- Years on record
- 2000–2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
2,636
citations
809
significant & substantial
$1,603,787
proposed penalties
$1,310,899
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $292,888 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
612
inspections on record
44,400
inspection hours
5.9
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.2,636 citations across 44,400 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.$1.6M
proposed penalties
$1.3M
current assessed
$1.3M
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
2,600 assessments are final orders; 128 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-10-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 82 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 33 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 29 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 24 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 24 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 21 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2019
1
2018
13
2017
7
2016
2
2015
8
2014
22
2013
28
2012
15
2011
18
2010
12
2009
12
2008
9
2007
13
2006
11
2005
11
2004
6
2003
9
2002
10
2001
11
2000
7
Mines on record
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