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.
Of $12K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-10-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
5citations taken to the federal commission · 100% of citations on record
Settled
5 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
79%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$12K proposed, $3K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2005-07-12. Vacated and withdrawn citations are removed from the file this view attributes through, so that outcome is slightly undercounted here.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this operator contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
January 20, 1998WV · Coalroof 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.
September 21, 1989WV · Coallw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helperFatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Struck by falling object
WHILE OPERATING THE LONGWALL ON 3 RIGHT OFF RIGHT MAINS, A ROOF FALL OCCURRED BEHIND THE LONGWALL SHIELDS. THE FALL CAUSED A SUDDEN GUST OF AIR TO STRIKE THE LONGWALL FACE, PRESAMBABLY KNOCKIN G I,NAME AGAINST SURROUNDING EQUIPMENT. I,NAME EXPIRED A SHORT TIME AFTER SUSTAINING INJURIES IN THIS ACCIDENT.
June 16, 1987WV · CoaltimbermanFatality · ELECTRICAL
Eastern Associated Coal Corp · Contact with electrical current
APPARETLY WHILE3ATTEMPTING TO SWITCH MANBUS FROM THE 8 RIGHT SECTION TRACK OVER TO THE 3 WEST TRACK, I,NAME CONTACTED ENERGIZED TROLLEY WIRE. I,NAME WAS FOUND BY OTHER MINE EMPLOYEES IN CONTAC T WITH THE TROL5EY WIRE.
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Where Eastern Associated Coal Corp stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate
MSHA's standard limits respirable silica to 50 micrograms per cubic metre, but MSHA publishes
dust and quartz as separate files and never the silica figure itself. We derive it per sample,
score it against the limit, and set the operator's injury rate against a benchmark built from
the full MSHA operator record. With the 26-year penalty trail, contest posture, and fatality
history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.