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Panther Mining LLC: 1,732 MSHA citations operator

Controlled by Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
MSHA operator ID: P24317

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
165
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2002–2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
1,732
citations
475
significant & substantial
$1,325,275
proposed penalties
$1,035,244
paid to date
78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $290,031 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
226
inspections on record
15,374
inspection hours
11.3
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.
1,732 citations across 15,374 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.
$1.3M
proposed penalties
$1.0M
current assessed
$1.0M
paid to date
$242
outstanding
1,696 assessments are final orders; 114 contested dockets.
Of $1.2M in penalties contested before the Commission, $886K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-02-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
28.0%
significant & substantial
1.2%
high negligence or reckless
28.2%
reasonably likely or greater
11.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.4% low, 94.5% moderate, 1.1% high, 0.1% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Injury rate, 2012
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
12.69
total case rate
8.16
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 3.74 and the all-US-mining average was 2.96 cases per 100 workers.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2012 12.69 8.16 0.000
2011 9.78 2.45 0.000
2010 13.80 6.44 0.000
2009 9.54 5.45 0.000
2008 15.49 8.11 0.000
2007 15.52 11.08 0.000
2006 20.65 14.20 0.000
2005 17.61 14.41 0.000
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Respirable coal dust
ⓘ Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.

Last sampled: 2012-12-11, 13 years ago
94%
within 1.5 mg/m3
1,773
samples
5.28
dust max (mg/m3)
849 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 924 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR803
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)139
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)130

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2013-01-03, 13 years ago
7.2
silica avg (%)
161
samples
24.8
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR72
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)6
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

Noise
ⓘ The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.

Last sampled: 2012-12-07, 13 years ago
14%
over PEL
285
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)56
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR51
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)37
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
650 citations taken to the federal commission · 38% of citations on record
  • Settled 596 · 92%
  • Stood as issued 54 · 8%
96%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 326 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
25%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1.2M proposed, $867K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2013-12-05. Vacated and withdrawn citations are removed from the file this view attributes through, so that outcome is slightly undercounted here.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this operator contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
KENT 2014-108 Settlement Bulluck 2015 $131K → $90K
KENT 2008-1473 Settlement Melick 2011 $63K → $41K
KENT 2008-724 Settlement Melick 2009 $59K → $45K
KENT 2008-257 Settlement Lesnick 2010 $54K → $42K
KENT 2013-943 Settlement Rae 2014 $51K → $12K
KENT 2008-579 Settlement Melick 2008 $50K → $35K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2012
18
2011
12
2010
18
2009
24
2008
23
2007
14
2006
17
2005
11
2004
9
2003
17
2002
2

Mines on record

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Where Panther Mining LLC stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

MSHA's standard limits respirable silica to 50 micrograms per cubic metre, but MSHA publishes dust and quartz as separate files and never the silica figure itself. We derive it per sample, score it against the limit, and set the operator's injury rate against a benchmark built from the full MSHA operator record. With the 26-year penalty trail, contest posture, and fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.

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