Leeco Incorporated · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee got caught between the continuous miner and the coal rib suffering fatal injuries.
Leeco Incorporated operator
Controlled by
James River Coal Company
MSHA operator ID: P23186
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
5,650
citations
1,652
significant & substantial
$4,213,607
proposed penalties
$3,169,958
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,043,649 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
771
inspections on record
37,830
inspection hours
14.9
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.5,650 citations across 37,830 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.$4.2M
proposed penalties
$3.2M
current assessed
$3.2M
paid to date
$34K
outstanding
5,561 assessments are final orders; 108 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-12-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 96 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 1 fatality · 52 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 158 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 71 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 39 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 32 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2011
15
2010
21 (1f)
2009
11
2008
12
2007
24
2006
25
2005
25
2004
36
2003
37
2002
46
2001
26
2000
32
1999
39
1998
69 (1f)
1997
39
1996
35
1995
22
Mines on record
- No. 68 KY
- No. 88 KY
- No. 64 Plant KY
- #78 KY
- Maces Creek Mine KY
- No 63 KY
Fatalities under this operator
2 recorded
March 2, 1998
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Leeco Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING A SAFETY JACK IN THE NO.3 ENTRY WHEN A PIECE OF DRAWROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM.
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