Mining Incidents

Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company operator

Controlled by CONSOL Energy Inc
MSHA operator ID: P13011
Fatalities
3
Total incidents
2192
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1983–2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
7,519
citations
2,870
significant & substantial
$4,454,297
proposed penalties
$3,175,439
paid to date
71% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,278,858 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
2,654
inspections on record
116,972
inspection hours
6.4
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.
7,519 citations across 116,972 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.
$4.5M
proposed penalties
$3.2M
current assessed
$3.2M
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7,372 assessments are final orders; 148 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-11-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2009
87 (1f)
2008
87
2007
133
2006
123
2005
130
2004
124
2003
137
2002
136
2001
43

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

3 recorded
June 23, 2009 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company · Struck by falling object

Employee was in the process of setting or had set a roof jack, on the left inby corner or #60 Crosscut between the No 2 and No. 1 entry in the 4 west miner section. A piece of stone fell out of the roof and struck the employee, pinning him to the ground.

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