Mining Incidents

Solar Coal Company operator

Controlled by Scarlett Biliter
MSHA operator ID: 0056438
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
675
citations
243
significant & substantial
$848,893
proposed penalties
$71,086
paid to date
8% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $777,807 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
38
inspections on record
2,730
inspection hours
24.7
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.
675 citations across 2,730 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.
$849K
proposed penalties
$847K
current assessed
$71K
paid to date
$776K
outstanding
654 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-08-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2008
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Mines on record

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