Mining Incidents

Cheyenne Elkhorn Coal Co. operator

Controlled by Henry Chaney Jr
MSHA operator ID: P10978
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
141
Mines on record
7
Years on record
1986–2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1,555
citations
511
significant & substantial
$460,275
proposed penalties
$373,353
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $86,922 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
390
inspections on record
19,794
inspection hours
7.9
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.
1,555 citations across 19,794 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.
$460K
proposed penalties
$375K
current assessed
$373K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
1,533 assessments are final orders; 31 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-01-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2017
4
2015
2
2014
1
2013
1
2012
1
2011
2
2010
3
2009
2
2008
1
2007
2
2006
8
2005
3
2004
5
2003
8
2002
20
2001
21
2000
13
1999
9
1998
5
1995
5
1994
13
1993
4
1992
1
1991
1
1990
1
1989
2
1987
1
1986
2

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