Hauler backed over the outslope. The hauler traveled approximately 150 feet down the spoil pile. The operator was ejected from the cab of the hauler. Operator was a contract worker.
Cumberland River Coal LLC operator
Controlled by
Arch Resources Inc
MSHA operator ID: P21182
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
4,225
citations
1,391
significant & substantial
$2,522,480
proposed penalties
$2,175,728
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $346,752 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
1,080
inspections on record
50,627
inspection hours
8.3
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.4,225 citations across 50,627 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$2.5M
proposed penalties
$2.2M
current assessed
$2.2M
paid to date
$135
outstanding
4,122 assessments are final orders; 75 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-10-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 51 non-fatal
- ELECTRICAL 1 fatality
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 101 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 90 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 72 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 45 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2014
12
2013
13
2012
10
2011
11
2010
19
2009
21
2008
18 (1f)
2007
6
2006
8
2005
11
2004
9 (1f)
2003
11
2002
17
2001
23
2000
28
1999
19
1998
15
1997
12
1996
9
1995
7
1994
10
1993
9
1992
1
1991
74
1990
43
1989
15
1988
25
1987
15
Mines on record
- Trace Fork 1 Mine KY
- PINE BRANCH 1 VA
- BAND MILL MINE VA
- Band Mill 2 KY
- PARDEE PLANT/LOADOUT VA
- S-17 Cumberland KY
- Blue Ridge No 1 KY
- Mine No 9 KY
- Blackwood KY
- Dogwood #3 VA
- Pardee Surface VA
- Ridgeline Mine KY
- Oven Fork Surface Facilities KY
- Wolverine Loadout (T-4) KY
- Tunnel Mine KY
- Ovenfork Mine KY
- P-1 Flint Ridge KY
Fatalities under this operator
2 recorded
January 8, 2008
KY · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Cumberland River Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Cumberland River Coal Company · Contact with electrical current
HE WAS ASSISTING A CERTIFIED ELECTRICIAN IN INSTALLING A 7200 VOLT PLUG (CATHEAD) WHEN HE APPARENTLY CAME IN CONTACT WITH AN ENERGIZED RECEPTACLE ON THE POWER DISTRIBUTION BOX (VCB). THIS RESULTED IN A FATAL.
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