Hampden Coal, LLC operator
Controlled by
Blackhawk Mining LLC
MSHA operator ID: 0135215
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 133
- Mines on record
- 8
- Years on record
- 2014–2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
2,368
citations
547
significant & substantial
$1,600,979
proposed penalties
$1,264,022
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $336,958 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
379
inspections on record
21,594
inspection hours
11.0
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.2,368 citations across 21,594 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$1.6M
proposed penalties
$1.3M
current assessed
$1.3M
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2,303 assessments are final orders; 145 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-03-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 39 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 27 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 18 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 14 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 11 non-fatal
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 8 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2019
28
2018
20
2017
33
2016
21
2015
22
2014
9
Mines on record
- Washington Mine WV
- Buffalo Deep Mine WV
- Gilbert Plant WV
- Muddy Bridge WV
- No. 2 WV
- No. 3-A Mine WV
- No. 8 WV
- Eagle Creek #11 WV
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