Mountain Spring Coal Co. · Contact with electrical current
WHILE TROUBLE SHOOTING MAIN OUTSIDE SUBSTATION, EMPLOYEE CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIGH VOLTAGE RESULTING IN DEATH.
Mountain Spring Coal Company operator
Controlled by
Forest Coal Company
MSHA operator ID: P20103
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
647
citations
229
significant & substantial
$316,980
proposed penalties
$175,207
paid to date
55% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $141,773 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
226
inspections on record
10,561
inspection hours
6.1
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.647 citations across 10,561 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.$317K
proposed penalties
$175K
current assessed
$175K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
635 assessments are final orders; 13 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-03-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- ELECTRICAL 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 54 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 45 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 45 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 40 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 15 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2010
3
2009
7
2008
8
2007
9
2006
9
2005
7
2004
5
2003
17 (1f)
2002
18
2001
17
2000
22
1999
15
1998
10
1997
5
1996
6
1995
7
1994
13
1993
9
1992
5
1991
18
1990
17
1989
2
Mines on record
- Bergholz 7 OH
- No 10-6A OH
- Beaver Valley PA
- No 10 OH
- No 11 OH
- No 14 OH
- No 15 OH
- No 6 OH
- No 13 OH
- Owv Mine OH
Fatalities under this operator
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