Mining Incidents

Emerald Processing, LLC. operator

Controlled by Patriot Coal Corporation
MSHA operator ID: P23072
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
129
Mines on record
4
Years on record
1999–2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
949
citations
306
significant & substantial
$472,070
proposed penalties
$201,386
paid to date
43% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $270,684 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
305
inspections on record
13,946
inspection hours
6.8
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.
949 citations across 13,946 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.
$472K
proposed penalties
$411K
current assessed
$201K
paid to date
$210K
outstanding
924 assessments are final orders; 50 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-10-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2015
53
2014
53
2013
4
2012
2
2010
1
2007
1
2005
1
2004
1
2003
3
2000
8
1999
2

Mines on record

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