Mining Incidents

Matrix Energy LLC operator

Controlled by James H Booth
MSHA operator ID: 0050731
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
338
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2002–2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
3,086
citations
889
significant & substantial
$1,358,314
proposed penalties
$1,077,661
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $280,653 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
857
inspections on record
49,904
inspection hours
6.2
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.
3,086 citations across 49,904 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.
$1.4M
proposed penalties
$1.1M
current assessed
$1.1M
paid to date
$6K
outstanding
3,029 assessments are final orders; 176 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-10-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2019
1
2018
3
2017
11
2016
34
2015
27
2014
17
2013
25
2012
28
2011
20 (1f)
2010
22
2009
29
2008
20
2007
27
2006
33
2005
22
2004
11
2003
7
2002
1

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
March 25, 2011 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Matrix Energy LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Setting miner up to take first cut of coal when he became pinched between miner boom and rib.

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