Sidney Coal Company, LLC operator
Controlled by
Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc
MSHA operator ID: P16149
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 940
- Mines on record
- 16
- Years on record
- 1985–2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
11,426
citations
4,135
significant & substantial
$7,892,491
proposed penalties
$6,642,707
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,249,784 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
3,215
inspections on record
117,182
inspection hours
9.8
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.11,426 citations across 117,182 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.$7.9M
proposed penalties
$6.8M
current assessed
$6.6M
paid to date
$123K
outstanding
11,066 assessments are final orders; 449 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-06-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 273 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 191 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 108 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 106 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 84 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 57 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2016
12
2015
25
2014
27
2013
26
2012
36
2011
51
2010
39
2009
49
2008
46
2007
40
2006
39
2005
41
2004
48
2003
67
2002
44
2001
21
2000
49
1999
31
1998
30
1997
42
1996
38
1995
46
1994
34
1993
8
1992
10
1991
1
1990
5
1989
9
1988
3
1986
16
1985
7
Mines on record
- Process Energy KY
- Winifrede Surface Mine KY
- Taylor Fork Energy KY
- M3 Energy KY
- Mine #1 KY
- Mine #1 KY
- Mine #1 KY
- Addcar Systems 03 IN
- Phoenix KY
- Halfway Branch Surface Mine KY
- Plant No. 1 KY
- Meathouse Energy KY
- Johns Creek Energy KY
- Transport Mine KY
- Mine #1 KY
- Sidney A Surface KY
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