Mining Incidents

CONSOL Buchanan Mining Company LLC operator

Controlled by CONSOL Energy Inc
MSHA operator ID: 0130894
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
29
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2014–2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
832
citations
119
significant & substantial
$390,403
proposed penalties
$298,712
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $91,691 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
229
inspections on record
17,186
inspection hours
4.8
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.
832 citations across 17,186 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.
$390K
proposed penalties
$299K
current assessed
$299K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
819 assessments are final orders; 43 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-03-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2016
4
2015
6
2014
19 (1f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
August 20, 2014 VA · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor Fatality · ELECTRICAL
CONSOL Buchanan Mining Company LLC · Contact with electrical current

The employee was working on a Fletcher roof bolter. He had the panel board off trouble shooting inside the electrical components of the machine. He apparently came in contact with electricity. The investigation is not complete at this time.

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