West Virginia Mine Power, Inc. operator
Controlled by
John B Preece
MSHA operator ID: 0077603
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 216
- Mines on record
- 8
- Years on record
- 2007–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
2,723
citations
647
significant & substantial
$2,617,313
proposed penalties
$1,678,200
paid to date
64% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $939,113 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
350
inspections on record
30,856
inspection hours
8.8
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.2,723 citations across 30,856 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.$2.6M
proposed penalties
$1.7M
current assessed
$1.7M
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2,677 assessments are final orders; 178 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-05-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 57 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 45 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 30 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 21 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 20 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 20 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2014
1
2013
18
2012
49
2011
44
2010
25
2009
16
2008
32
2007
31
Mines on record
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