Heritage Coal Company LLC operator
Controlled by
Patriot Coal Corporation
MSHA operator ID: P24180
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 502
- Mines on record
- 10
- Years on record
- 1998–2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
2,536
citations
599
significant & substantial
$475,479
proposed penalties
$355,269
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $120,210 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
852
inspections on record
27,794
inspection hours
9.1
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.2,536 citations across 27,794 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.$475K
proposed penalties
$406K
current assessed
$355K
paid to date
$51K
outstanding
2,494 assessments are final orders; 61 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-09-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 143 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 129 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 70 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 47 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 28 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 17 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2015
1
2014
10
2013
2
2012
6
2011
1
2010
4
2009
4
2008
5
2007
3
2006
3
2005
5
2004
6
2003
10
2002
72
2001
91
2000
57
1999
128
1998
94
Mines on record
- UC Processing, LLC KY
- Camp #11 KY
- Gibraltar KY
- Gibraltar Highwall KY
- Marissa Mine IL
- Martwick Underground KY
- Lynnville IN
- Squaw Creek IN
- Hawthorn Mine IN
- Randolph Prep Plant IL
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