Taurus Coal Company, Inc.: 127 MSHA citations operator
Controlled by
James H Booth
MSHA operator ID: P21992
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 37
- Mines on record
- 5
- Years on record
- 1992–2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
127
citations
32
significant & substantial
$11,368
proposed penalties
$9,778
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,590 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
71
inspections on record
1,617
inspection hours
7.9
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.127 citations across 1,617 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.$11K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
122 assessments are final orders; 12 contested dockets.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $6K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-01-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.26.2%
significant & substantial
1.6%
high negligence or reckless
36.9%
reasonably likely or greater
4.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.8% none, 9.8% low, 87.7% moderate, 1.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Injury rate, 2003
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This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.9.43
total case rate
9.43
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 5.87 and the all-US-mining average was 4.43 cases per 100 workers.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
| Year | total case rate | days-away | fatal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 * | 9.43 | 9.43 | 0.000 |
| 2002 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2001 * | 2.48 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2000 * | 3.41 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Health sampling
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A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.Respirable coal dust
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Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
Last sampled: 2003-12-18, 22 years ago
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Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.87%
within 1.5 mg/m3
242
samples
6.47
dust max (mg/m3)
107 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 135 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR138
- SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)23
- SCOOP CAR OPERATOR16
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2003-12-24, 22 years ago5.8
silica avg (%)
12
samples
10.6
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR11
Noise
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The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Last sampled: 2003-05-08, 23 years ago
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The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.17%
over PEL
23
samples
Most-sampled occupations
- SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)6
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR4
- HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER3
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
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A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.Largest penalties this operator contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
| Docket | Decision | Judge | Year | Proposed / upheld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZZZZ20032861 | Settlement | Barbour | 2002 | $2K → $1K |
| KENT20000266 | Settlement | Barbour | 2000 | $1K → $991 |
| KENT20020164 | Settlement | Barbour | 2002 | $1K → $1K |
| KENT20000284 | Settlement | Barbour | 2000 | $628 → $388 |
| KENT20010228 | Settlement | Barbour | 2001 | $603 → $452 |
| KENT20010313 | Settlement | Barbour | 2001 | $509 → $407 |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 10 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 6 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 6 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 5 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 4 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 3 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2003
2
2001
1
2000
1
1998
2
1997
12
1996
7
1994
4
1993
5
1992
3
Mines on record
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Where Taurus Coal Company, Inc. stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate
MSHA's standard limits respirable silica to 50 micrograms per cubic metre, but MSHA publishes dust and quartz as separate files and never the silica figure itself. We derive it per sample, score it against the limit, and set the operator's injury rate against a benchmark built from the full MSHA operator record. With the 26-year penalty trail, contest posture, and fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.
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