Mining Incidents

Rockhouse Creek Development, LLC operator

Controlled by James River Coal Company
MSHA operator ID: P24390
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
417
Mines on record
12
Years on record
2001–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
4,557
citations
1,026
significant & substantial
$3,819,049
proposed penalties
$2,318,331
paid to date
61% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,500,718 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
529
inspections on record
40,092
inspection hours
11.4
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.
4,557 citations across 40,092 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.
$3.8M
proposed penalties
$2.8M
current assessed
$2.3M
paid to date
$441K
outstanding
4,474 assessments are final orders; 339 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-08-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2014
11
2013
21
2012
31
2011
34
2010
27
2009
27
2008
30
2007
45 (1f)
2006
52
2005
41
2004
36
2003
40
2002
13
2001
9

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
August 4, 2007 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · MACHINERY
Rockhouse Creek Development, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

During the change-out of a cutter head torque shaft, employee unexpectedly attempted to pull out a rotating shaft which struck him, causing injuries.

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