Mining Incidents

Mountaintop Coal Mining Inc operator

Controlled by William C Vought
MSHA operator ID: P24630
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2004–2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
41
citations
8
significant & substantial
$5,897
proposed penalties
$4,712
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,185 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
72
inspections on record
1,887
inspection hours
2.2
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.
41 citations across 1,887 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$1
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-04-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2005
1
2004
1

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