Ohio County Coal Company operator
Controlled by
Peabody Energy Corporation
MSHA operator ID: P23175
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 279
- Mines on record
- 3
- Years on record
- 1995–2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
2,020
citations
391
significant & substantial
$400,907
proposed penalties
$330,346
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $70,561 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
255
inspections on record
18,374
inspection hours
11.0
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.2,020 citations across 18,374 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.$401K
proposed penalties
$330K
current assessed
$330K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1,984 assessments are final orders; 42 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-01-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 125 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 49 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 34 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 18 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 18 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 12 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2006
32
2005
35
2004
33
2003
30
2002
37
2001
23
2000
10
1999
5
1998
15
1997
34
1996
21
1995
4
Mines on record
- Freedom KY
- Big Run Mine KY
- Baker Mine KY
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