Mining Incidents

Triad Underground Mining L.L.C. operator

Controlled by James River Coal Company
MSHA operator ID: 0050046
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
81
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2002–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
838
citations
162
significant & substantial
$423,413
proposed penalties
$336,589
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $86,824 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
279
inspections on record
12,404
inspection hours
6.8
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.
838 citations across 12,404 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.
$424K
proposed penalties
$389K
current assessed
$337K
paid to date
$53K
outstanding
817 assessments are final orders; 18 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-08-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2014
4
2013
3
2012
8
2011
2
2010
6 (1f)
2009
9
2008
4
2007
8
2006
21
2005
4
2004
6
2003
2
2002
4

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
August 31, 2010 IN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Triad Underground Mining, L.L.C. · Struck against a moving object

At approx 5:20 pm a 40 ton articulating truck was traveling along a haulage road impacting a 63" high berm. The truck traveled across the berm and fell 72 feet to the mine floor below. The victim was extracted from the truck by EMS and airlifted to the Hospital.

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