Power Mountain Coal Company operator
Controlled by
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
MSHA operator ID: P23850
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 49
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 1998–2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
579
citations
203
significant & substantial
$263,644
proposed penalties
$239,944
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $23,700 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
126
inspections on record
5,698
inspection hours
10.2
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.579 citations across 5,698 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.$264K
proposed penalties
$240K
current assessed
$240K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
574 assessments are final orders; 23 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-07-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 17 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 10 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 9 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 5 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 2 non-fatal
- ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2015
2
2014
1
2011
3
2010
5
2009
2
2008
1
2007
3
2006
4
2004
6
2003
4
2002
8
2000
6
1999
3
1998
1
Mines on record
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