Mining Incidents

Taurus Coal Company, Inc. operator

Controlled by James H Booth
MSHA operator ID: P21992
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
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
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.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-01-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2003
2
2001
1
2000
1
1998
2
1997
12
1996
7
1994
4
1993
5
1992
3

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