Mountainside Coal Company operator
Controlled by
River Energy JV UK Limited
MSHA operator ID: P14783
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 129
- Mines on record
- 17
- Years on record
- 1985–2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1,109
citations
348
significant & substantial
$367,419
proposed penalties
$272,740
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $94,679 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
520
inspections on record
12,911
inspection hours
8.6
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.1,109 citations across 12,911 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.$367K
proposed penalties
$275K
current assessed
$273K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
1,083 assessments are final orders; 70 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-01-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 43 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 27 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 26 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 15 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 7 non-fatal
- EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE 3 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2018
1
2016
1
2015
7
2014
6
2013
1
2012
5
2011
3
2010
4
2009
7
2008
17
2007
17
2006
7
2005
3
2004
5
2003
5
2002
7
2001
7
2000
6
1998
3
1995
3
1994
4
1993
2
1992
3
1991
3
1990
1
1985
1
Mines on record
- Hubbs Holllow KY
- Mountainside Wash Plant KY
- Flat Creek Mine KY
- Hatfield Gap Surface Mine KY
- Flag Ridge KY
- White Oak Job TN
- Hubbs Creek Surface Mine KY
- Dowis Chapel Job KY
- Tackett Mine # 2 TN
- Harris Branch/Tackett Creek Surface Mine TN
- Eagan/King Mountain Surface Mine TN
- Leach Mountain TN
- Cooper Ridge Surface Mine TN
- Surface Mine #2 TN
- Mountainside Wash Plant TN
- #1 Surface KY
- Mountainside Coal Co #1 KY
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