Mining Incidents

Hampden Coal Company LLC operator

Controlled by James River Coal Company
MSHA operator ID: P19126
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
75
Mines on record
4
Years on record
1983–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
274
citations
74
significant & substantial
$52,502
proposed penalties
$47,505
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,997 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
219
inspections on record
4,748
inspection hours
5.8
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.
274 citations across 4,748 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.
$53K
proposed penalties
$48K
current assessed
$48K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
271 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-06-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2014
2
2013
3
2010
4
2009
2
2008
7
2007
3
2006
1
2004
2
2003
2
2002
2
2001
3
2000
2
1999
7
1998
2
1997
4
1996
5
1995
1
1994
3
1993
3
1992
2
1991
4
1990
6
1988
4
1983
1

Mines on record

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