73% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $968,453 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
3,562
inspections on record
123,331
inspection hours
5.7
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.
7,042 citations across 123,331 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.
$3.6M
proposed penalties
$2.9M
current assessed
$2.7M
paid to date
$217K
outstanding
6,896 assessments are final orders; 356 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-07-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Paramont Coal Company Virginia LLC · Struck by falling object
Employee was in the process of conducting his pre-shift exam on the section when he was found by another miner. He was pinned between a fallen rib and shuttle car that had been parked in the crosscut. The incident was not witnessed. Material that dislodged from the rib appeared to have struck the foreman on the right side of his body which resulted in fatal injuries.
Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
THE OPERATOR HAD ALREADY BACKED THE CONTINUOUS MINER BACK AND DROPPED HIS CABLE. AS HE WAS TRAMMING TO SET UP FOR THE END CUT OF THE NO. 6 BLOCK HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CONTINUOUS MINER AND THE RIGHT RIB CAUSING FATAL INJURIES.
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