Mining Incidents

Fairbanks Coal Company Inc operator

Controlled by Wesley D. Burke
MSHA operator ID: P19718
Fatalities
2
Total incidents
170
Mines on record
8
Years on record
1986–2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
210
citations
89
significant & substantial
$859,802
proposed penalties
$444,041
paid to date
52% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $415,761 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
84
inspections on record
2,833
inspection hours
7.4
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.
210 citations across 2,833 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.
$860K
proposed penalties
$444K
current assessed
$444K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
207 assessments are final orders; 12 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-05-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2011
2 (1f)
2009
2
2008
1
2006
1
2005
3
2004
2
2003
3
2002
4
2001
5
2000
5
1999
5
1998
2
1997
7
1995
1
1994
12 (1f)
1993
12
1992
31
1991
29
1990
26
1989
13
1988
2
1986
2

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded
December 7, 2011 VA · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Fairbanks Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

Excavator was working in Redwine pit, highwall collapsed causing rock to fall on excavator. This caused a fatal injury to operator.

October 20, 1994 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Fairbanks Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A DOZER DOING SOME RECLAMATION WORK, CUT INTO A NATURAL GASLINE, CAUSING A EXPLOSION. DUE TO EXTENSIVE BURNS, HE DIED 10-23-94. THE DOZER HE WAS OPERATING WAS ALSO D ESTROYED IN THE EXPLOSION.

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