Mining Incidents

Owlco Energy, LLC operator

Controlled by Curtis Laws
MSHA operator ID: 0095530
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
4
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2011–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
266
citations
47
significant & substantial
$166,078
proposed penalties
$44,238
paid to date
27% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $121,840 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
40
inspections on record
2,845
inspection hours
9.4
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.
266 citations across 2,845 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.
$166K
proposed penalties
$96K
current assessed
$44K
paid to date
$52K
outstanding
263 assessments are final orders; 13 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-02-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2014
1
2011
3 (1f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
October 7, 2011 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Owlco Energy LLC · Struck by falling object

Miner was repairing broke conveyor chain on 94L bridge position himself under the bridge when it fell striking him in the chest area.

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