Excavator was working in Redwine pit, highwall collapsed causing rock to fall on excavator. This caused a fatal injury to operator.
Fairbanks Coal Company Inc operator
Controlled by
Wesley D. Burke
MSHA operator ID: P19718
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
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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
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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.
Top causes
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 1 fatality · 3 non-fatal
- IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST 1 fatality · 3 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 41 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 33 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 33 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 18 non-fatal
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
- Stonega Strip #10 VA
- Nine Mile Reclamation No. 2 VA
- Mine #3 KY
- Millstone Reclamation KY
- Quillen Branch Mine KY
- No 1 Surface KY
- No 1 Deep KY
- #1 KY
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
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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