86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $113,729 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
825
inspections on record
36,517
inspection hours
6.5
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.
2,364 citations across 36,517 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.
$802K
proposed penalties
$688K
current assessed
$688K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2,279 assessments are final orders; 84 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-11-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
July 11, 2011KY · Coalmotorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operatorFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Martin County Coal · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was operating the 15 ton Brookville track motor and his head was pinned between the canopy on the motor and a beam on an overcast.
May 24, 2000KY · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorFatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Martin County Coal Corp · Struck by falling object
THE DECEASED WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER MOVING COAL FROM A STACKER CONVEYER BELT WHEN A PORTION OF HIGHWALL FAILED AND STRUCK THE LOADER. ONLY A FEW SECONDS OF WARNING WAS GIVEN PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE PORTION OF HIGHWALL THAT FELL MEASURED APPROX 160 FT LONG BY UP TO 60 FT HIGH AND THE THICKNESS RANGED FROM FEATHEREDGED TO 10 FT.
Martin County Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object
EMPL DRIVING TRACTOR/TRAILER INTO MINE SITE-WENT DOWN STEEP GRADE AND WENT OFF ROADWAY AND OVER AN EMBANKMENT.
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