Mining Incidents

Hobet Mining Inc operator

Controlled by Ashland Inc
MSHA operator ID: P06873
Fatalities
7
Total incidents
1537
Mines on record
11
Years on record
1983–2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
332
citations
136
significant & substantial
$48,429
proposed penalties
$47,660
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $769 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
214
inspections on record
6,287
inspection hours
5.3
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.
332 citations across 6,287 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.
$48K
proposed penalties
$48K
current assessed
$48K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
324 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-03-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2005
11
2004
21 (1f)
2003
29
2002
42
2001
24
2000
30 (1f)
1999
65
1998
64
1997
108 (1f)
1996
111
1995
98
1994
105 (2f)
1993
78
1992
123
1991
91

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

7 recorded
August 29, 2004 WV · Coal electrician, lineman Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Hobet Mining Inc · Contact with electrical current

EE was making electrical repairs to the load side loop on a deenergized pole mounted solid blade disconnect switch. He had finished the repair work and was starting to come down the pole. Some how he received an electrical shock and fell down the pole.

March 2, 2000 WV · Coal electrician, lineman Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hobet Mining Inc · Drowning

CONTRACTOR FELL THROUGH PUNCH PLATE DECKING INTO RAW COAL CLASSIFYING CYCLONE AND DROWN.

April 2, 1997 WV · Coal wireman, communications man Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Hobet Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE HAD A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT. HE WAS DRIVING ON A DIRT AND GRAVEL ROAD. HIS VEHICLE OVERTURNED AND HE WAS THROWN FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE THEN ROLLED ONTO EMPLOYEE.

July 28, 1994 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Hobet Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE POSITIONED A PICK-UP TRUCK APPROXIMATELY 10 FT. IN FRONT OF A 170 WABCO. HE APPARENTLY DID NOT MAKE HIMSELF KNOWN TO THE DRIVER. THE DRIVER PULLED FORWARD FATALLY INJURING THE VIC TIM.

July 14, 1994 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Hobet Mining Inc · Contact with electrical current

USING A 110V AC SINGLE PHASE IMPACT WRENCH WHEN HE RECEIVED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK.

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