S & B Coal Corporation operator
Controlled by
Sam Blankenship
MSHA operator ID: P24581
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Mines on record
- 2
- Years on record
- 2001–2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
115
citations
44
significant & substantial
$8,936
proposed penalties
$7,201
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,735 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
55
inspections on record
1,115
inspection hours
10.3
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.115 citations across 1,115 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.$9K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
111 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-10-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 3 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 1 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 1 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2003
2
2001
5
Mines on record
- Honey Branch VA
- Smith Br VA
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