Mining Incidents

Oxford Mining Co LLC operator

MSHA operator ID: P16978
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
201
Mines on record
18
Years on record
1985–2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
673
citations
151
significant & substantial
$236,794
proposed penalties
$175,355
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $61,439 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
740
inspections on record
29,799
inspection hours
2.3
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.
673 citations across 29,799 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.
$237K
proposed penalties
$175K
current assessed
$175K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
662 assessments are final orders; 22 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-01-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2018
4
2017
8
2016
4
2015
3
2014
6
2013
17
2012
11
2011
11 (1f)
2010
18
2009
20
2008
3
2007
18
2006
12
2005
25
2004
12
2003
12
2002
4
2001
5
2000
2
1999
2
1998
1
1997
1
1987
1
1985
1

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
December 3, 2011 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY
Oxford Mining Co LLC · Struck against stationary object

EE was shoving top soil away from the highwall. He backed up over and through an 8 foot berm that had been constructed at the edge of the highwall. The dozer went over the wall rolling over and throwing him out of the cab.

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