Speed Mining, LLC operator
Controlled by
Patriot Coal Corporation
MSHA operator ID: P24593
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 430
- Mines on record
- 3
- Years on record
- 2001–2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
4,827
citations
1,521
significant & substantial
$9,107,174
proposed penalties
$5,200,182
paid to date
57% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,906,992 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
1,212
inspections on record
49,188
inspection hours
9.8
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.4,827 citations across 49,188 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.$9.1M
proposed penalties
$6.7M
current assessed
$5.2M
paid to date
$1.5M
outstanding
4,728 assessments are final orders; 190 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-10-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 112 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 101 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 47 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 40 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 37 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 31 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2015
37
2014
37
2013
35
2012
30
2011
40
2010
32
2009
33
2008
20
2007
61
2006
19
2005
21
2004
30
2003
19
2002
10
2001
6
Mines on record
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