Mining Incidents

Viper Coal LLC operator

Controlled by Jody Dale Puckett
MSHA operator ID: 0082364
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2009–2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
760
citations
276
significant & substantial
$504,614
proposed penalties
$37,884
paid to date
8% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $466,730 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
92
inspections on record
4,031
inspection hours
18.9
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.
760 citations across 4,031 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.
$505K
proposed penalties
$503K
current assessed
$38K
paid to date
$465K
outstanding
725 assessments are final orders; 11 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-05-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2011
1
2009
2

Mines on record

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