Mining Incidents

National Coal Corporation operator

MSHA operator ID: 0051346
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
182
Mines on record
16
Years on record
2000–2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
1,678
citations
669
significant & substantial
$1,023,882
proposed penalties
$714,261
paid to date
70% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $309,621 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
292
inspections on record
18,488
inspection hours
9.1
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.
1,678 citations across 18,488 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.
$1.0M
proposed penalties
$942K
current assessed
$714K
paid to date
$227K
outstanding
1,642 assessments are final orders; 17 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-12-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2010
28
2009
43 (1f)
2008
9
2007
27
2006
17
2005
17
2004
9

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
October 9, 2009 TN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
National Coal Corporation · Struck against stationary object

Truck traveling from mine site. The victim had truck in high gear, truck was out of control, he put truck in ditch and jumped out. Victim received fatal injury to head.

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