Old Ben Coal Company operator
Controlled by
Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated
MSHA operator ID: P24188
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 268
- Mines on record
- 2
- Years on record
- 1998–2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1,216
citations
361
significant & substantial
$289,299
proposed penalties
$235,409
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $53,890 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
277
inspections on record
14,155
inspection hours
8.6
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.1,216 citations across 14,155 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.$289K
proposed penalties
$235K
current assessed
$235K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1,207 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-09-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 93 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 47 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 37 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 27 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 19 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 16 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2004
23
2003
31
2002
29
2001
52
2000
53
1999
52
1998
28
Mines on record
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