Mining Incidents

Vision Coal, Inc. operator

Controlled by Kevin R Yonts
MSHA operator ID: 0052459
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2004–2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
1,058
citations
394
significant & substantial
$815,781
proposed penalties
$7,111
paid to date
1% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $808,670 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
69
inspections on record
4,914
inspection hours
21.5
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.
1,058 citations across 4,914 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.
$816K
proposed penalties
$816K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$809K
outstanding
1,038 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-09-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2010
5
2009
2
2006
4
2005
1
2004
1

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