Eastern Associated Coal LLC operator
Controlled by
Patriot Coal Corporation
MSHA operator ID: P24184
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1862
- Mines on record
- 14
- Years on record
- 1998–2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
10,426
citations
3,018
significant & substantial
$9,526,718
proposed penalties
$4,773,799
paid to date
50% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,752,919 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
3,452
inspections on record
130,671
inspection hours
8.0
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.10,426 citations across 130,671 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.$9.5M
proposed penalties
$6.4M
current assessed
$4.8M
paid to date
$1.6M
outstanding
10,232 assessments are final orders; 421 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-10-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 252 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 174 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 126 non-fatal
- DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) 103 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 61 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 53 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2015
55
2014
129
2013
138
2012
50
2011
64
2010
53
2009
78
2008
82
2007
98
2006
85
2005
69
2004
99
Mines on record
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