Mining Incidents

Cane Branch Coal LLC operator

Controlled by Kenneth L Farley
MSHA operator ID: 0095305
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
143
citations
72
significant & substantial
$37,585
proposed penalties
$5,997
paid to date
16% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $31,588 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
18
inspections on record
1,300
inspection hours
11.0
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.
143 citations across 1,300 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.
$38K
proposed penalties
$38K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$32K
outstanding
140 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-08-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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2009
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Mines on record

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