Mining Incidents

Sunray Coal Inc operator

Controlled by Stephen Mazur Jr
MSHA operator ID: P12255
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
9
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1989–1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
7
citations
1
significant & substantial
$456
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $456 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
23
inspections on record
168
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 168 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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.
$456
proposed penalties
$456
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$456
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-07-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

1998
1
1995
1
1994
2
1993
1 (1f)
1992
1
1991
1
1989
2

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
November 22, 1993 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Sunray Coal Inc · Contact with electrical current

WHILE ADJUSTING OUTRIGGERS TO LEVEL CRANE, CABLE ON CRANE CAME IN CONTACT WITH ELECTRIC WIRE. ELECTRICITY TRAVELED THREW MACHINE AND CONTACTED EMPLOYEE THAT WAS STANDING ON THE GROUND WHO WAS IN CONTACT WITH CRANE.

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