Mining Incidents

Pine Ridge Coal Company LLC operator

Controlled by Patriot Coal Corporation
MSHA operator ID: P24179
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
522
Mines on record
6
Years on record
1990–2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
2,747
citations
1,068
significant & substantial
$4,223,483
proposed penalties
$2,718,372
paid to date
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.

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Incident timeline

2015
1
2012
1
2011
28
2010
27
2009
28
2008
21
2007
32
2006
30
2005
19
2004
26
2003
27
2002
43
2001
51 (1f)
2000
74
1999
81
1998
32
1990
1

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
April 12, 2001 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · MACHINERY
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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