Mining Incidents

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
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
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.

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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

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