Mining Incidents

Rock Mountain Mining-Div/Twin Pines Coal Co., Inc. operator

Controlled by Five J's LLC
MSHA operator ID: 0062403
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
17
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2007–2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
113
citations
35
significant & substantial
$52,793
proposed penalties
$52,793
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
39
inspections on record
890
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 890 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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.
$53K
proposed penalties
$53K
current assessed
$53K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
112 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-10-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2010
7
2009
4 (1f)
2008
5
2007
1

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
September 5, 2009 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Rock Mountain Mining-Div/Twin Pines Coal Co., Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee had just gotten off work, he was driving out of the mine on the haul road and was trying to pass two other employees and got off the road and hit an old gate post.

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