Mining Incidents

Sassy Coal Co., Inc. operator

Controlled by Charles T Norman
MSHA operator ID: P24733
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
10
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2002–2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
469
citations
173
significant & substantial
$40,676
proposed penalties
$40,450
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $226 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
126
inspections on record
4,707
inspection hours
10.0
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.
469 citations across 4,707 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.
$41K
proposed penalties
$40K
current assessed
$40K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
464 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-03-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2008
1
2006
2 (1f)
2005
3
2004
1
2003
2
2002
1

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
January 23, 2006 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Sassy Coal Co., Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A truck driver loaded the 1984 Ford LT9000 truck, then proceeded down the access road and then for some unknown reason, he got out or left the cab of the truck which therefore led to bodily injury and death (fatality) to himself approximately 100 feet from bottom of hill.

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