EE DROPPED 5 PEOPLE AT THE HIGHWALL MINER SITE & PROCEEDED TO GO REFUEL WHILE THEY WERE TOURING THE OPERATION. HE TRAVELED APPROX 1/2 MILE AND STRUCK SOME POWERLINES. THE HELICOPTER CRASHED INTO A PREVIOUSLY MINED COAL PIT. THE HELICOPTER WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE AND EE WAS FATALLY INJURED.
Mining Technologies Inc operator
Controlled by
Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated
MSHA operator ID: P21895
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
49
citations
19
significant & substantial
$5,444
proposed penalties
$4,406
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,038 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
120
inspections on record
2,106
inspection hours
2.3
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.49 citations across 2,106 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.$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
49 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-09-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- OTHER 1 fatality
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 6 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 4 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 3 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 non-fatal
- STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2004
4
2003
1
2002
1
2001
2
2000
5
1999
3 (1f)
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
1 recorded
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