Mining Incidents

Gateway Eagle Coal Company, LLC operator

Controlled by Patriot Coal Corporation
MSHA operator ID: 0119069
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
103
Mines on record
4
Years on record
2011–2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
864
citations
270
significant & substantial
$1,159,696
proposed penalties
$505,391
paid to date
44% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $654,305 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
146
inspections on record
12,161
inspection hours
7.1
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.
864 citations across 12,161 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.
$1.2M
proposed penalties
$818K
current assessed
$505K
paid to date
$312K
outstanding
837 assessments are final orders; 95 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-10-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2015
25
2014
38
2013
20
2012
17
2011
3

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