Mining Incidents

San-West Coal Co., Inc. operator

Controlled by Edward A Asbury
MSHA operator ID: P16358
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Mines on record
3
Years on record
1987–2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
65
citations
21
significant & substantial
$39,115
proposed penalties
$19,418
paid to date
50% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $19,697 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
20
inspections on record
590
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: 590 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.
$39K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
64 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-02-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2009
1
2008
1
2007
3
1988
1
1987
1

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