Mining Incidents

Cliffs Logan County Coal, LLC operator

Controlled by Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
MSHA operator ID: 0085645
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
206
Mines on record
6
Years on record
2008–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
3,317
citations
866
significant & substantial
$2,844,729
proposed penalties
$2,093,547
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $751,183 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
344
inspections on record
27,760
inspection hours
11.9
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.
3,317 citations across 27,760 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.
$2.8M
proposed penalties
$2.1M
current assessed
$2.1M
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3,250 assessments are final orders; 209 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-12-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2014
21
2013
44
2012
38
2011
41
2010
27
2009
28
2008
7

Mines on record

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