Mining Incidents

Garcoal Inc operator

Controlled by David G Byrd
MSHA operator ID: P17197
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1987–1991
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
15
citations
0
significant & substantial
$860
proposed penalties
$860
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
33
inspections on record
559
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 559 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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.
$860
proposed penalties
$860
current assessed
$860
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-09-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

1991
2
1987
1

Mines on record

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