83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $482,375 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
316
inspections on record
44,218
inspection hours
8.3
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.
3,671 citations across 44,218 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.
$2.8M
proposed penalties
$2.3M
current assessed
$2.3M
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3,585 assessments are final orders; 148 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-03-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
November 30, 2012WV · Coalelectrician, linemanFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
White Buck Coal Company · Struck by powered moving object
At Approx. 1:20 am EE, a certified electrician, was fatally injured when he was struck by a maintenance scoop in an intersection of #7 entry on #2 unit during the third shift. Present information suggests that the scoop operator did not observe EE in the intersection prior to the incident due to miscommunication.
White Buck Coal Company · Struck by powered moving object
EE was walking from one crosscut outby the face in the #2 entry toward the face of the #2 entry when he was struck by the #1 shuttle car.
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