North Fork Coal Corporation operator
Controlled by
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
MSHA operator ID: P22905
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 320
- Mines on record
- 8
- Years on record
- 1995–2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
2,388
citations
715
significant & substantial
$1,864,502
proposed penalties
$1,392,559
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $471,943 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
620
inspections on record
33,672
inspection hours
7.1
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.2,388 citations across 33,672 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.$1.9M
proposed penalties
$1.4M
current assessed
$1.4M
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2,319 assessments are final orders; 173 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-06-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 85 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 52 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 42 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 34 non-fatal
- DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) 28 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 21 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2015
4
2014
19
2013
48
2012
23
2011
15
2010
17
2009
27
2008
31
2007
19
2006
22
2005
11
2004
15
2003
5
2002
4
2001
4
2000
15
1999
7
1998
10
1997
9
1996
8
1995
7
Mines on record
- PANTHER MINE KY
- Mine No 5 KY
- D-12 Kellioka KY
- D-14 Stillhouse KY
- Mine No 4 KY
- Cloverlick # 1A KY
- D-8 Cloverlick KY
- Mine No 3 VA
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