Mining Incidents

The North American Coal Corp operator

Controlled by NACCO Industries Inc
MSHA operator ID: P01636
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
89
Mines on record
3
Years on record
1983–2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
120
citations
21
significant & substantial
$189,882
proposed penalties
$189,026
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $856 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
64
inspections on record
2,770
inspection hours
4.3
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.
120 citations across 2,770 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.
$190K
proposed penalties
$189K
current assessed
$189K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
119 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-11-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2010
7
2009
10
2008
5
2007
7 (1f)
2006
6
2005
6
2004
3
2003
4
2002
1
2001
10
2000
2
1999
8
1998
2
1986
3
1984
2
1983
13

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
November 5, 2007 TX · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger Fatality · MACHINERY
The North American Coal Corp · Struck by powered moving object

While The Page dragline was still digging, the Assistant on the dragline crew entered the area in the back of the dragline w/o first notifying the dragline operator. The Assistant was injured when he was struck by the dragline shoe as the dragline turned to deposit a load of material. The Assistant was promptly transported to the hospital and he died there the following day.

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