Mining Incidents

Walcoal, Inc. operator

Controlled by Michelle Hatfield
MSHA operator ID: P24639
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Mines on record
3
Years on record
2001–2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
185
citations
71
significant & substantial
$32,690
proposed penalties
$13,137
paid to date
40% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $19,553 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
48
inspections on record
1,553
inspection hours
11.9
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.
185 citations across 1,553 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.
$33K
proposed penalties
$33K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$20K
outstanding
180 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-01-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2005
6
2004
2
2003
1
2002
1

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