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
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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.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-01-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, 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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