| Year | 103(j) | 103(k) | 104(a) | 104(b) | 104(d)(1) | 104(d)(2) | 107(a) | 314(b) | Proposed Penalties ($) |
Current Penalties ($) | Amount Paid To Date ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14,151.00 | 14,151.00 | 14,151.00 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 77,149.00 | 61,190.00 | 61,190.00 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14,211.00 | 13,830.00 | 13,830.00 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,304.00 | 4,854.00 | 4,854.00 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,629.00 | 4,014.00 | 4,014.00 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 74 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7,034.00 | 7,034.00 | 7,034.00 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11,568.00 | 10,368.00 | 10,368.00 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5,363.00 | 5,363.00 | 5,363.00 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16,491.00 | 15,833.00 | 15,833.00 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 241 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38,327.00 | 35,429.00 | 35,429.00 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 208 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33,574.00 | 31,125.00 | 31,125.00 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 477 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 225,081.00 | 159,952.00 | 139,158.00 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 285 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 160,142.00 | 119,130.00 | 119,130.00 |
| 2008 | 0 | 6 | 245 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174,867.00 | 153,167.00 | 67,026.00 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 248 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 312,694.00 | 312,694.00 | 35,742.00 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47,076.00 | 47,076.00 | 5,782.00 |
| Note: Vacated Citations are not included in any reports on the DRS. | |||||||||||
| Year | Fatal Operator Injuries |
NFDL Operator Injuries |
Fatal Contractor Injuries |
NFDL Contractor Injuries |
Operator Hours Worked* |
Coal Produced (tons) |
Operator Fatal Incidence Rate** |
Operator NFDL Incidence Rate** |
Mine Type National Fatal Incidence Rate** |
Mine Type National NFDL Incidence Rate** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 213,878 | 890,616 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0464 | 10.01 |
| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 202,800 | 903,743 | 0.00 | 1.97 | 0.0607 | 8.54 |
| 1997 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 202,955 | 799,989 | 0.00 | 10.84 | 0.0434 | 8.34 |
| 1998 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 125,066 | 530,638 | 0.00 | 12.79 | 0.0449 | 8.88 |
| 1999 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 132,250 | 690,536 | 0.00 | 6.05 | 0.0369 | 8.19 |
| 2000 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 139,163 | 746,826 | 0.00 | 8.62 | 0.0454 | 8.29 |
| 2001 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 250,370 | 1,266,875 | 0.00 | 15.98 | 0.0756 | 7.13 |
| 2002 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 298,519 | 1,461,652 | 0.00 | 14.74 | 0.0366 | 7.13 |
| 2003 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 307,843 | 1,558,384 | 0.00 | 10.39 | 0.0340 | 6.27 |
| 2004 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 332,910 | 1,527,207 | 0.00 | 4.81 | 0.0368 | 5.60 |
| 2005 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 346,346 | 1,559,059 | 0.00 | 5.77 | 0.0336 | 5.11 |
| 2006 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 387,678 | 1,313,777 | 0.00 | 5.67 | 0.0721 | 4.79 |
| 2007 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 386,263 | 1,357,111 | 0.00 | 2.07 | 0.0423 | 4.75 |
| 2008 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 403,538 | 1,462,402 | 0.00 | 2.97 | 0.0213 | 4.26 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 425,561 | 1,264,981 | 0.00 | 1.41 | 0.0117 | 4.04 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 111,290 | 295,900 | - | - | - | - |
|
* Hours worked and accidents & injuries now include office hours or accidents (subunit 99). ** Current rates are based on data available as of 2009 Quarter 4. For a further explanation, please see this. | ||||||||||
| Name | Controller | Operator | Location | Tons Purchased |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth C Coleman | E.ON AG (Germany) | Western Kentucky Energy Corp | Hancock County, KY | 532657 |
| R D Green | E.ON AG (Germany) | Western Kentucky Energy Corp | Webster County, KY | 120767 |
| Miami Fort | Duke Energy | Duke Ohio Inc | Hamilton County, OH | 31931 |
May 8, 2012
After the closure of the Big Mountain mining complex in West Virginia, announcing the closure of its Freedom Mine and racking $61 million in expenses and restructuring charges, Patriot Coal Corp. saw its first-quarter losses grow as coal demand continues to decline in the U.S. The company lost $75.3 million or 82 cents a share in the quarter.
A year ago, its loss was $15.9 million, or 17 cents a share. The company has responded by idling or closing mines while laying off 1,000 people since the start of 2012.
Patriot recorded $17.5 million in asset retirement expenses related to the closure of the Big Mountain mining complex in Boone County, W.V.
The company also said it was restating financial results from the past two years following a Securities and Exchange Commission review of its accounting for water treatment facilities at two mining complexes.
Read article at http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/patriot-coal-s-loss-widens-on-weak-demand-mine-closure/article_6c2cedaa-9916-11e1-91bd-0019bb30f31a.html
April 20, 2012
Patriot Coal Corp. will shut down its Freedom underground coal mine in Henderson, Ky. this summer due to continued weak market demand, according to a company statement released Friday, April 20.
The closure is expected to result in around 200 total layoffs.
St. Louis-based Patriot said that demand for thermal coal remains weak after the mild winter cut heating needs, and some utilities shifted to cheap natural gas to produce electricity. Natural gas prices are at 10-year lows.
Patriot also idled three smaller central Appalachian thermal coal mines this quarter and its Big Mountain mining complex in Boone County, W. Va earlier this year.
Read article at http://www.courierpress.com/news/2012/apr/20/no-headline—ev_coalmine/
The Mining Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced that as a result of their “special impact” inspections, initiated in the wake of the Upper Big Branch Mine explosion, resulted in a total of 341 violations in their inspection of 15 coal mines. The rest of the violations occurred in 15 metal/non-metal mines.
Mines were targeted based on their history of prior violations. Included were the Advantage Number 1 mine in Kentucky, which was issued 51 violations. Another was the Straight Creek #1 Mine (also in Kentucky), which was issued 39 violations. A later, regularly-scheduled inspection on October 14 found that many of the conditions had not changed, and the mine was closed until the problems were corrected.
The full list of coal mines cited is
Read more at http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/MSHA/MSHA20101464.htm
A list of the mines inspected and citations issued in the September 2010 push by MSHA to reinspect mines with a pattern of violations.
http://coaldiver.org/documents/master-inspection-list-targeted-enforcement-sept-2010