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.
Top causes
- MACHINERY 1 non-fatal
- OTHER 1 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2011
1
2009
2
Mines on record
- Viper Coal LLC 6# KY
- #2 KY
Watch this operator
Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at any Viper Coal LLC mine.
For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants
The full compliance file on Viper Coal LLC
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.