100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
22
inspections on record
170
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 170 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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.
$120
proposed penalties
$120
current assessed
$120
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-01-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
January 4, 1984KY · Coalscoop car operatorFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
National Mines Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING COAL WITH A SCOOP OUT OF THE RIGHT BREAK IN #6 ENTRY AT #7 MINE. WHEN HE STARTED TO MAKE THE LAST CLEAN UP RUN ON THE INBY SIDE OF THE RIGHT BREAK, HE BACKED UP THINKING T HAT HE WAS GOING INTO THE LEFT BREAK. WHEN HE HIT THE INBY CORNER OF THE LEFT BREAK IN THE #6 HEADING, HIS HEAD HIT THE RIB AND WAS FORCED INTO THE FRAME OF THE SCOOP. THE COAL HEIGHT IN THIS
For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants
Where National Mines Corp stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate
MSHA's standard limits respirable silica to 50 micrograms per cubic metre, but MSHA publishes
dust and quartz as separate files and never the silica figure itself. We derive it per sample,
score it against the limit, and set the operator's injury rate against a benchmark built from
the full MSHA operator record. With the 26-year penalty trail, contest posture, and fatality
history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.