Coal Loaders, Inc. operator
Controlled by
James W Cooper
MSHA operator ID: P08858
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 19
- Mines on record
- 3
- Years on record
- 1987–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
162
citations
50
significant & substantial
$27,046
proposed penalties
$26,304
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $742 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
172
inspections on record
4,795
inspection hours
3.4
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.162 citations across 4,795 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.$27K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$26K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
158 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 6 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 4 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 3 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 3 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 2 non-fatal
- OTHER 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2025
1
2019
1
2016
1
2015
1
2014
1
2011
1
1997
1
1996
1
1995
2
1994
2
1992
2
1991
2
1990
2
1987
1
Mines on record
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