Mining Incidents

National Coal of Alabama Inc operator

MSHA operator ID: P19184
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
52
Mines on record
7
Years on record
1992–2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
368
citations
120
significant & substantial
$186,185
proposed penalties
$181,506
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,679 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
210
inspections on record
3,652
inspection hours
10.1
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.
368 citations across 3,652 inspection hours.
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.
$186K
proposed penalties
$182K
current assessed
$182K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
361 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-04-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2013
3
2012
10
2011
8
2010
4 (1f)
2008
1
2006
4
2005
4
2004
4
2003
2
2002
1
2001
1
2000
1
1999
1
1998
2
1997
4
1996
1
1992
1

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
September 3, 2010 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
National Coal of Alabama, Inc · Struck against a moving object

Truck haulage accident involving two 100 ton rear dump trucks. It appears the victim did not observe the stopped truck and struck it in the rear.

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