Mining Incidents

Colony Bay Coal Company LLC operator

Controlled by Patriot Coal Corporation
MSHA operator ID: P24385
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
29
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2000–2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
17
citations
8
significant & substantial
$40,604
proposed penalties
$21,475
paid to date
53% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $19,129 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
38
inspections on record
1,489
inspection hours
1.1
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.
17 citations across 1,489 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.
$41K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-01-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2010
1
2004
4 (1f)
2003
4
2002
14
2001
4
2000
2

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
February 10, 2004 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Colony Bay Coal Company · Drowning

Employee was driving a service truck down the Colony Bay access road. Just past CP-4, employee stated he lost his brakes and was the road clear. The truck apparently hit the bank at the padded pond and went along the pond road. The truck slid into the pond. Employee was under water about 2-3 minutes. He died 2/26/04.

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