Mining Incidents

The Muhlenberg County Coal Company, LLC operator

MSHA operator ID: 0155494
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
41
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2018–2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
1,043
citations
237
significant & substantial
$494,524
proposed penalties
$337,851
paid to date
68% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $156,673 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2018
140
inspections on record
11,167
inspection hours
9.3
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.
1,043 citations across 11,167 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.
$495K
proposed penalties
$422K
current assessed
$338K
paid to date
$84K
outstanding
1,035 assessments are final orders; 31 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-09-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2020
15
2019
16
2018
10

Mines on record

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