73% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $878,256 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
1,698
inspections on record
67,293
inspection hours
9.0
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.
6,037 citations across 67,293 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.
$3.2M
proposed penalties
$2.5M
current assessed
$2.4M
paid to date
$146K
outstanding
5,879 assessments are final orders; 229 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-08-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp. · Struck by falling object
EE WAS SETTING A TIMBER ALONG THE RIB WHEN THE RIB ROLLED OFF AND STRUCK HIM, TRAPPING HIM UNDERNEATH THE RIB, RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES. THE TOTAL RIB ROLL WAS APPROXIMATELY 26'LONG x 8' HIGH x 18" THICK. ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO MSHA HOT LINE ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT.
McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp. · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
Worker took it on his self to cut belt line down without the use of the equipment that we was using to take it down with. He cut it then started walking away from it as it was falling. Then it caught the catwalk he was on and flipped him over the double hand rail on the catwalk and fell to the ground about 20 ft down.
November 4, 2006KY · Coalbull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift bossFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Employee was operating a scoop between the #5 & #6 entries on the 001/002 MMU one break inby survey station #1411. He was pulling a shuttle car cable that had been wrapped around the canopy post on the left side of the operating deck. As he was pulling the cable, the rear wheel of the scoop ran over the cable. This caused the cable to unwrap & strike him on the side of his head.
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