Mining Incidents

Parton Bros. Contracting, Inc. operator

Controlled by John H Parton
MSHA operator ID: P23601
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
42
Mines on record
7
Years on record
1997–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1,440
citations
348
significant & substantial
$341,072
proposed penalties
$281,605
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $59,467 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
250
inspections on record
13,379
inspection hours
10.8
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.
1,440 citations across 13,379 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.
$341K
proposed penalties
$282K
current assessed
$282K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1,403 assessments are final orders; 69 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-01-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2014
3
2013
2
2012
3 (1f)
2011
6
2009
1
2008
1
2007
2
2006
7
2005
2
2003
4
2000
1
1999
1
1998
4
1997
4

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
March 3, 2012 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Parton Bros. Contracting, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee was installing a canopy on the shuttle car and the canopy fell on him striking him in the head and chest.

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