Mining Incidents

U.S. Coal, Inc. operator

Controlled by William M Bale
MSHA operator ID: P09632
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
249
Mines on record
8
Years on record
1983–2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
244
citations
95
significant & substantial
$28,764
proposed penalties
$28,764
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
162
inspections on record
4,477
inspection hours
5.5
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.
244 citations across 4,477 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.
$29K
proposed penalties
$29K
current assessed
$29K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
241 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-04-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2003
12
2002
19
2001
7
1999
25
1998
17
1997
30 (1f)
1996
23
1995
31
1994
23
1993
10
1992
10
1991
9
1990
6
1989
6
1988
2
1986
3
1985
4
1984
4
1983
8

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
June 13, 1997 TN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · MACHINERY
U S Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THEY WERE REPAIRING (PACKING) IN A LIFT CYLINDER JACK WHEN THE I-BEAM HOLDING THE BUCKET APPROX. 12' OFF OF THE GROUND SPLIT DOWN THE CENTER ALLOWING THE BOOM AND BUCKET TO FALL TRAPPING HIM. THIS RESULTED IN AN IMMEDIATE FATALITY.

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