Knox Creek Coal Corporation operator
Controlled by
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
MSHA operator ID: P23902
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 297
- Mines on record
- 7
- Years on record
- 1997–2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
4,093
citations
1,374
significant & substantial
$3,473,380
proposed penalties
$2,742,879
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $730,501 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
1,016
inspections on record
36,662
inspection hours
11.2
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.4,093 citations across 36,662 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.$3.5M
proposed penalties
$2.8M
current assessed
$2.7M
paid to date
$40K
outstanding
4,030 assessments are final orders; 157 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-06-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 140 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 45 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 30 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 22 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 19 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 16 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2016
3
2015
8
2014
5
2013
6
2012
8
2011
15
2010
17
2009
21
2008
13
2007
18
2006
23
2005
17
2004
13
2003
12
2002
16
2001
35
2000
24
1999
33
1998
9
1997
1
Mines on record
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