Mining Incidents

Ohio County Coal Company LLC operator

Controlled by Patriot Coal Corporation
MSHA operator ID: 0078623
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
55
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2007–2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
1,449
citations
501
significant & substantial
$1,378,215
proposed penalties
$956,894
paid to date
69% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $421,321 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
61
inspections on record
10,611
inspection hours
13.7
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.
1,449 citations across 10,611 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.
$1.4M
proposed penalties
$963K
current assessed
$957K
paid to date
$6K
outstanding
1,420 assessments are final orders; 83 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-10-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2011
15
2010
12
2009
4
2008
10
2007
14

Mines on record

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