KWV Operations LLC operator
Controlled by
Robert Helton
MSHA operator ID: 0079703
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 90
- Mines on record
- 6
- Years on record
- 2007–2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
1,260
citations
499
significant & substantial
$529,491
proposed penalties
$410,815
paid to date
78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $118,676 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
136
inspections on record
6,686
inspection hours
18.8
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.1,260 citations across 6,686 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.$529K
proposed penalties
$411K
current assessed
$411K
paid to date
$155
outstanding
1,229 assessments are final orders; 70 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-02-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 37 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 21 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 11 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 7 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 7 non-fatal
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 3 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2011
2
2010
22
2009
22
2008
43
2007
1
Mines on record
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