Dickenson-Russell Coal Co LLC operator
Controlled by
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
MSHA operator ID: 0050878
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 417
- Mines on record
- 9
- Years on record
- 2002–2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
5,715
citations
1,925
significant & substantial
$3,873,478
proposed penalties
$3,123,602
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $749,876 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
1,488
inspections on record
61,167
inspection hours
9.3
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.5,715 citations across 61,167 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.$3.9M
proposed penalties
$3.1M
current assessed
$3.1M
paid to date
$35
outstanding
5,611 assessments are final orders; 259 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-08-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 118 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 70 non-fatal
- DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS 53 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 35 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 34 non-fatal
- DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) 28 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2016
8
2015
27
2014
29
2013
30
2012
22
2011
19
2010
24
2009
24
2008
36
2007
39
2006
33
2005
40
2004
40
2003
45
2002
1
Mines on record
- Cherokee Mine VA
- Laurel Mountain VA
- McClure River Plant VA
- Roaring Fork No 4 VA
- RCR-1 Moss #3 VA
- Red Onion No. 1 VA
- D-R-1 VA
- Roaring Fork No. 3 VA
- No 2 VA
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