Kocher Coal Company: 18 MSHA citations operator
Controlled by
Ronald Lickman
MSHA operator ID: P22981
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
18
citations
6
significant & substantial
$1,845
proposed penalties
$952
paid to date
52% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $893 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
9
inspections on record
199
inspection hours
n/a
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.Rate withheld: 199 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
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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.$2K
proposed penalties
$952
current assessed
$952
paid to date
$0
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $680 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-03-31.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.35.3%
significant & substantial
21.4%
high negligence or reckless
21.4%
reasonably likely or greater
7.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.1% low, 71.4% moderate, 21.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1
citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
- Settled 1 · 100%
0%
S&S designation survived the contest
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Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
70%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$203 proposed, $60 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2004-11-22. Vacated and withdrawn citations are removed from the file this view attributes through, so that outcome is slightly undercounted here.
Contested penalties
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A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.Largest penalties this operator contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
| Docket | Decision | Judge | Year | Proposed / upheld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PENN2004-108 | Settlement | Lesnick | 2004 | $635 → $360 |
| PENN 2004-166 | Settlement | Lesnick | 2004 | $350 → $100 |
| PENN 2004-143 | Settlement | Lesnick | 2004 | $325 → $100 |
| PENN 2004-191 | Dismissal | Lesnick | 2004 | $214 → $60 |
| PENN 2005-44 | Settlement | Lesnick | 2005 | $203 → $60 |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2000
1
Mines on record
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Where Kocher Coal Company stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate
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