Powell Mountain Coal Co., Inc. operator
Controlled by
Progress Energy Inc
MSHA operator ID: P24575
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 141
- Mines on record
- 9
- Years on record
- 1997–2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1,303
citations
462
significant & substantial
$298,883
proposed penalties
$259,889
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $38,994 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
422
inspections on record
15,514
inspection hours
8.4
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.1,303 citations across 15,514 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$299K
proposed penalties
$260K
current assessed
$260K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1,238 assessments are final orders; 17 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-02-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 44 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 26 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 17 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 15 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 11 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 11 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2008
1
2007
14
2006
31
2005
27
2004
20
2003
22
2002
12
2001
12
2000
1
1997
1
Mines on record
- Mine #1 KY
- Mayflower Preparation Plant VA
- Pardee/Wax VA
- Limestone Mine KY
- Creech #1 KY
- Kentucky-Wallins KY
- PMRS VA
- Wallins A VA
- Darby #1 VA
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