80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $12,000 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
65
inspections on record
2,163
inspection hours
8.2
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.
178 citations across 2,163 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.
$59K
proposed penalties
$47K
current assessed
$47K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
175 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-04-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
August 31, 2001AR · Coallaborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerFatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Hartshorne Carbon Company · Struck by falling object
ONE FATALITY AND ONE BRUSING/SEVERE SHOCK DUE TO ROCK FALL. BOTH INDIVIDUALS STANDING ADJACENT TO A LOSE SHUTTLE CAR, ONE WATCHING MINER TRAILING CABLE, WHEN LARGE ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING ONE PERSON AND GRAZING THE OTHER.
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