Cave Spur Coal LLC operator
Controlled by
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
MSHA operator ID: P24219
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 177
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 2000–2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
973
citations
296
significant & substantial
$523,016
proposed penalties
$339,675
paid to date
65% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $183,341 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
194
inspections on record
9,060
inspection hours
10.7
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.973 citations across 9,060 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.$523K
proposed penalties
$340K
current assessed
$340K
paid to date
$163
outstanding
949 assessments are final orders; 71 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-04-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 75 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 32 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 26 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 13 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 11 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 10 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2012
3
2011
10
2010
19
2009
11
2008
7
2007
9
2006
14
2005
8
2004
11
2003
18
2002
29
2001
28
2000
10
Mines on record
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