Freedom Energy Mining Company operator
Controlled by
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
MSHA operator ID: P23210
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 242
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 1995–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
5,450
citations
2,120
significant & substantial
$5,302,358
proposed penalties
$4,099,465
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,202,893 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
1,062
inspections on record
44,023
inspection hours
12.4
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.5,450 citations across 44,023 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.$5.3M
proposed penalties
$4.1M
current assessed
$4.1M
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
5,322 assessments are final orders; 136 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-08-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 71 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 42 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 42 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 34 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 15 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 11 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2014
2
2013
1
2011
4
2010
19
2009
10
2008
21
2007
11
2006
11
2005
13
2004
19
2003
24
2002
20
2001
15
2000
25
1999
13
1998
10
1997
12
1996
6
1995
6
Mines on record
- Mine #1 KY
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