Walter L Houser Coal Company Incorporated · (Not Elsewhere Classified)
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Walter L Houser Coal Company Incorporated operator
Controlled by
Mark Houser; Garry W Houser
MSHA operator ID: P02435
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
60
citations
22
significant & substantial
$49,847
proposed penalties
$29,847
paid to date
60% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $20,000 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
71
inspections on record
1,174
inspection hours
5.1
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.60 citations across 1,174 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$50K
proposed penalties
$30K
current assessed
$30K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
59 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-06-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- OTHER 1 fatality
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 3 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 2 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 2 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2003
3
2002
3 (1f)
2000
1
1993
1
1987
1
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
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