Mining Incidents

Northstar Contractors, Inc. operator

Controlled by Carl Kirk
MSHA operator ID: P19906
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
136
Mines on record
14
Years on record
1989–2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
285
citations
88
significant & substantial
$59,743
proposed penalties
$36,243
paid to date
61% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $23,500 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
45
inspections on record
1,979
inspection hours
14.4
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.
285 citations across 1,979 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.
$60K
proposed penalties
$36K
current assessed
$36K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
275 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-06-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2006
3
2005
13
2004
10
2003
6
2002
1
1996
2
1995
7
1994
15 (1f)
1993
28
1992
29
1991
11
1990
8
1989
3

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
November 1, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
North Star Contractors Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE EITHER TRIPPED AND FELL ONTO BELT OR FELL ONTO BELT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CROSS BELT WHILE USING THE TAILPIECE SPILL PLATES AS SUPPORTS. EMPLOYEE STRUCK TAILPIECE SPILL PLATE AND 1ST RO LLER OUTBY TAILPIECE CONTINUED DOWN #2 BELT TO #2 BELT DRIVE DISCHARGE ROLLER WHERE HE WAS SQUEEZED BETWEEN THE BELT AND TOP. HE EITHER FELL OR WAS THROWN INTO #1 BELT TAILPIECE AND CONTINUED

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