64% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,505,111 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
407
inspections on record
24,204
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.
2,747 citations across 24,204 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.
$4.2M
proposed penalties
$2.7M
current assessed
$2.7M
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2,709 assessments are final orders; 101 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-12-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Pine Ridge Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
A MACHINERY ACCIDENT OCCURRED RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES TO CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED CRUSHING INJURIES TO HIS UPPER BODY WHEN HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CONTINUOUS MINE R BOOM AND COAL RIB.
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