Shamrock Coal Company Inc operator
Controlled by
James River Coal Company
MSHA operator ID: P24208
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 195
- Mines on record
- 3
- Years on record
- 1999–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
2,368
citations
1,024
significant & substantial
$1,469,548
proposed penalties
$1,263,401
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $206,147 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
426
inspections on record
22,219
inspection hours
10.7
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 22,219 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.$1.5M
proposed penalties
$1.3M
current assessed
$1.3M
paid to date
$37K
outstanding
2,338 assessments are final orders; 43 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-10-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 69 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 43 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 23 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 19 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 17 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 7 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2014
1
2013
2
2012
2
2010
2
2009
7
2008
10
2007
15
2006
13
2005
12
2004
19
2003
12
2002
22
2001
34
2000
20
1999
24
Mines on record
- Falcon KY
- Shamrock #18 Series KY
- Viper KY
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