Mining Incidents

Rhino Eastern LLC operator

MSHA operator ID: 0090665
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
85
Mines on record
4
Years on record
2008–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
1,245
citations
349
significant & substantial
$2,250,825
proposed penalties
$1,510,214
paid to date
67% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $740,611 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
171
inspections on record
9,040
inspection hours
13.8
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.
1,245 citations across 9,040 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.
$2.3M
proposed penalties
$1.5M
current assessed
$1.5M
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1,221 assessments are final orders; 68 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-11-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2014
10
2013
3
2012
11
2011
20 (1f)
2010
22
2009
18
2008
1

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
June 27, 2011 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Rhino Eastern LLC · Struck by falling object

Victim was cleaning rocks and coal to set timbers along a rib line. The rib and brow fell crushing the miner. The brow measured approximately 100" long by 32" thick, by 37" tall.

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