K & J Coal Company Inc operator
Controlled by
Dale Augenstein; Richard Thornhill
MSHA operator ID: P19773
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 35
- Mines on record
- 2
- Years on record
- 1988–2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
23
citations
15
significant & substantial
$2,654
proposed penalties
$2,654
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
43
inspections on record
685
inspection hours
n/a
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.Rate withheld: 685 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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.$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-11-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 12 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 12 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 4 non-fatal
- OTHER 3 non-fatal
- DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS 1 non-fatal
- FIRE 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2003
1
2000
1
1999
3
1998
1
1997
3
1996
3
1995
1
1994
5
1992
3
1991
1
1990
6
1989
5
1988
2
Mines on record
- K & J Strip PA
- Westover #3 Strip PA
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