Mining Incidents

PRINCESS POLLY ANNA COAL, INC. operator

Controlled by Frederick J Taylor
MSHA operator ID: P15570
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
38
Mines on record
7
Years on record
1984–2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
169
citations
49
significant & substantial
$41,793
proposed penalties
$10,752
paid to date
26% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $31,041 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
86
inspections on record
3,367
inspection hours
5.0
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.
169 citations across 3,367 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.
$42K
proposed penalties
$38K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$27K
outstanding
167 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2018
1 (1f)
2001
2
2000
12
1999
6
1998
7
1997
4
1996
2
1993
1
1986
1
1984
2

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
October 17, 2018 WV · Coal auger helper Fatality · MACHINERY
PRINCESS POLLY ANNA COAL, INC. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A 33 year old miner was attempting to move an auger steel with an onboard crane when a section of the auger struck ee chest. EE was transported by ambulance to a hospital where ee died.

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