Mining Incidents

Eastern Associated Coal Corp operator

MSHA operator ID: P18547
Fatalities
3
Total incidents
4332
Mines on record
17
Years on record
1987–1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
5
citations
5
significant & substantial
$12,000
proposed penalties
$2,516
paid to date
21% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $9,484 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
2
inspections on record
34
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 34 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-10-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

1998
32 (1f)
1997
200
1996
211
1995
201
1994
203
1993
153

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

3 recorded
January 20, 1998 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

ON JANUARY 20, 1998, AN UNEXPECTED ROOF FALL OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING AT THE NO. 3 ENTRY ON THE 3-RIGHT SECTION OF THE LIGHTFOOT NO. 2 MINE. A FATAL INJURY AND A LOST TIME INJURY RESULTED FROM THIS OCCURRENCE.

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