Mining Incidents

Patriot Coal Holdings I LLC operator

Controlled by Patriot Coal Corporation
MSHA operator ID: P24368
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
11
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2000–2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
60
citations
28
significant & substantial
$8,305
proposed penalties
$7,331
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $974 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
83
inspections on record
1,624
inspection hours
3.7
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.
60 citations across 1,624 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
59 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-10-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2008
1
2007
3 (1f)
2006
1
2004
4
2001
1
2000
1

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
November 4, 2007 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Patriot Coal Holdings I LLC · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was alone on the 3rd floor of the plant when he fell approximately 20 feet to the ground floor.

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