Mining Incidents

Coal River Mining LLC operator

MSHA operator ID: 0051422
Fatalities
2
Total incidents
340
Mines on record
6
Years on record
2003–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
2,644
citations
1,112
significant & substantial
$3,234,625
proposed penalties
$2,362,089
paid to date
73% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $872,536 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
638
inspections on record
34,606
inspection hours
7.6
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.
2,644 citations across 34,606 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.
$3.2M
proposed penalties
$2.4M
current assessed
$2.4M
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2,582 assessments are final orders; 105 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-05-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2014
15
2013
41
2012
23 (1f)
2011
28
2010
36
2009
30
2008
32
2007
27
2006
43
2005
25 (1f)
2004
30
2003
10

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded
July 27, 2012 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · MACHINERY
Coal River Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

At approximately 4:00am on the 27th of July 2012 a fatal incident occurred when the boom of the continuous miner struck the employee. The accident remains under investigation.

March 31, 2005 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Coal River Mining LLC · Struck by falling object

Unintentional roof fall occured in the H6 entry causing fatal injuries.

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