Mining Incidents

The Western Kentucky Coal Company operator

MSHA operator ID: 0155755
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
37
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2018–2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
774
citations
110
significant & substantial
$253,839
proposed penalties
$184,776
paid to date
73% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $69,063 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2018
92
inspections on record
9,514
inspection hours
8.1
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.
774 citations across 9,514 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.
$254K
proposed penalties
$226K
current assessed
$185K
paid to date
$41K
outstanding
768 assessments are final orders; 26 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-09-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2020
1
2019
16
2018
20

Mines on record

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