Mining Incidents

Rivers Edge Mining Inc operator

Controlled by Patriot Coal Corporation
MSHA operator ID: P24569
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
152
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2002–2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
983
citations
385
significant & substantial
$436,036
proposed penalties
$321,822
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $114,214 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
284
inspections on record
10,798
inspection hours
9.1
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.
983 citations across 10,798 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.
$436K
proposed penalties
$322K
current assessed
$322K
paid to date
$10
outstanding
959 assessments are final orders; 39 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-01-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2011
2
2010
4
2009
8
2008
9
2007
12
2006
19
2005
19
2004
28
2003
36
2002
15

Mines on record

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