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
ⓘ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
ⓘ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.
Cumberland River Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
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.
September 24, 2004VA · Coalutility man, errand boy, service truck operatorFatality · ELECTRICAL
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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