Mining Incidents

Southfork Coal Company operator

Controlled by Kenneth L Stacy
MSHA operator ID: P22180
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
3
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1993–1996
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
43
citations
14
significant & substantial
$8,939
proposed penalties
$6,348
paid to date
71% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,591 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
136
inspections on record
1,873
inspection hours
2.3
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.
43 citations across 1,873 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
41 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-07-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

1996
1
1993
2 (1f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
January 7, 1993 KY · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Southfork Coal Company · Contact with electrical current

I.NAME WORKING ON ENERGIZED HIGH VOLTAGE LINE. EMPL WAS A CONTRACTOR WORKING FROM BUCKET TRUCK WHEN EMPL CAME IN CONTACT WITH POWER.

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