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Company: Murray Energy
Current Parent Company: American Consolidated Natural Resources Inc.
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Penalty: $3,300,000
Year: 2015
Date: September 16, 2015
Offense Group: safety-related offenses
Primary Offense: workplace safety or health violation
Secondary Offense: mining safety violation
Violation Description: Resolving 1,753 safety violations at five northern West Virginia mines and an initial assessment of $5.1 million in federal fines, an administrative law judge has approved a settlement between the mines' new owner and the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration. The settlement calls for Ohio-based Murray Energy Corp. to pay $3.3 million for the violations issued to the mines and their previous owner, CONSOL Energy Inc. of Pittsburgh.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Mine Safety & Health Administration
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: West Virginia
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Ohio
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: mining and minerals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: coal mining
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