Mining Incidents

Green Hill Mining Inc operator

Controlled by Laird T Orr Jr.
MSHA operator ID: P08459
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
12
Mines on record
7
Years on record
1984–2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
116
citations
27
significant & substantial
$164,844
proposed penalties
$48,222
paid to date
29% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $116,622 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
252
inspections on record
3,666
inspection hours
3.2
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.
116 citations across 3,666 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.
$165K
proposed penalties
$48K
current assessed
$48K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
107 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-11-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2017
1 (1f)
2010
1
2009
1
2004
1
2000
1
1999
2
1997
1
1987
1
1985
2
1984
1

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
March 30, 2017 KY · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Green Hill Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

While changing work cutter head bits on the coal auger machine, ee was struck by a rock approx 4 feet by 5 feet by 30 inches that fell from the bottom section of the highwall. EE was pronounced deceased at the scene.

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