Hiawatha Coal Company operator
Controlled by
Elliot Finley
MSHA operator ID: P23921
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 12
- Mines on record
- 2
- Years on record
- 2008–2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
381
citations
94
significant & substantial
$587,847
proposed penalties
$298,643
paid to date
51% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $289,204 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
79
inspections on record
2,505
inspection hours
15.2
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.381 citations across 2,505 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$588K
proposed penalties
$347K
current assessed
$299K
paid to date
$48K
outstanding
374 assessments are final orders; 19 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-04-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 4 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 3 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 2 non-fatal
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 1 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 1 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2009
7
2008
5
Mines on record
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