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Nacco Mining Company (ALJ decision, September 18, 1987)

Nacco Mining Company (FMSHRC LAKE 87-19-C): Supplemental compensation awarded and prior decision made final

Decision type
ALJ decision
Docket
LAKE 87-19-C
Decided
September 18, 1987
Presiding judge
William Fauver
Outcome
Other
Precedential status
Final order, not precedent
Checked against source
2026-08-20
Cited standards
30 U.S.C. § 801 30 U.S.C. § 821 30 U.S.C. § 823(d)(1)
Official source
Read the official release (fmshrc.gov)
PDF
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Currency note: this decision dates from 1987
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Final ALJ decision, not Commission precedent
This decision became final under the 40-day rule in 30 U.S.C. § 823(d)(1) because no later Commission review appears in the official index. It binds the parties but is not Commission precedent. The full text below is from the official FMSHRC release.
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Plain-English summary

Local Union 1810, District 6, of the United Mine Workers of America sought compensation for miners idled by a modification of a section 104(d)(2) order at Nacco Mining Company's Powhatan No. 6 Mine. An earlier decision held that the union was entitled to the claimed compensation and left the amount for a supplemental decision. Based on the parties' stipulation, Judge William Fauver ordered Nacco to pay $30,424.08 to the listed miners, plus interest. The judge also made the August 4, 1987 merits decision final.

Decision snapshot

  • Cited authority: 30 U.S.C. § 821 and 30 U.S.C. § 823(d)(1)
  • Outcome: Compensation of $30,424.08 plus interest was awarded, and the earlier merits decision was made final.
  • Key point: A supplemental decision can set the compensation amount and finalize the earlier liability decision after the parties stipulate the amount due.

Full text (FMSHRC public release)

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission Office of Administrative Law Judges

LOCAL UNION 1810, DISTRICT 6,
COMPENSATION PROCEEDING
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF
AMERICA (UMWA),
Docket No. LAKE 87-19-C
COMPLAINANT
Powhatan No. 6 Mine v.

NACCO MINING COMPANY,
RESPONDENT

DECISION

Appearances: Earl R. Pfeffer, Esq., Washington, DC, for Complainant; Thomas C. Means, Esq.,
Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before: Judge Fauver

SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION ON COMPENSATION

This proceeding was brought by the UMWA under 111 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, 30 U.S.C. 801 et seq., for compensation for miners idled by a modification of a 104(d)(2) order.

A decision on the merits was entered on August 4, 1987, holding that Complainant is entitled to the compensation claimed. The decision provided the parties an opportunity to stipulate the amount of compensation and provided that, "This Decision shall not be made final until a Supplemental Decision on Compensation is entered herein."

Based upon the record as a whole, including the parties' posthearing stipulation of the compensation due under the earlier decision, this Supplemental Decision awards compensation and orders payment of the compensation due plus interest.

ORDER

WHEREFORE IT IS ORDERED that Respondent shall pay a total of $30,424.08 in compensation due the individuals shown in Attachment A to this Supplemental decision, plus interest on the amounts shown computed in accordance with the Commission's decision in Arkansas Carbona, 5 FMSHRC 2042 (1983).

The August 4, 1987, decision is hereby made FINAL along with this Supplemental Decision.

William Fauver
Administrative Law Judge

ATTACHMENT A

WAGES OF 87 HOURLY PERSONNEL PLACED
ON LAYOFF STATUS OCTOBER 6, 7, 8, Ä 1986

CHECK NO. & NAME
TOTAL 3ÄDAY WAGES

4250 C. Neff
$372.36
4322 W. Wain
372.36
4366 G. Palmer
372.36
4373 H. Cox
346.74
4490 R. Parish
346.74
4681 K. Roe
346.74
4504 P. Barath
346.74
4617 G. Makara
346.74
4629 T. Ackerman
346.74
4682 D. Dixon
346.74
4267 R. Betts
348.48
4337 K. Neal
348.48
4365 J. Holskey
372.36
4307 J. Jeffers
372.36
4603 R. Wiggins
353.82
4362 R. Basham
372.36
4402 J. Thornton
372.36
4484 R. Shreve
353.82
4422 T. Brill
372.36
4437 M. McCollum
372.36
4311 R. Jeager
372.36
4622 J. Grear
372.36
4558 M. Ackerman
353.82
4657 T. Myers
362.76
4206 D. Cunningham
362.76
4220 J. Graham
362.76
4344 F. Keylor
337.14
4408 J. Warner
337.14
4478 D. Hughes
337.14
4358 L. Palmer
338.88
4243 T. Cunningham
337.14
4340 S. Gossett
337.14
4684 J. Douglass
337.14
4550 S. Benson
337.14
4429 R. Kline
337.14
4394 J. Scott
337.14
4238 T. Lowe
337.14
4395 P. Scott
337.14
4498 J. Broemsen
337.14
4246 G. Cline
345.84
4547 W. Myers
362.76
4616 J. Thoburn
362.76
4310 J. Mellott
344.22
4269 D. Campbell
344.22
4430 M. Garten
362.76
4658 E. Parker
344.22
4470 T. Watson
344.22
4240 R. Major
362.76
4621 B. Hoskinson
362.76

4273 J. Faldoski 362.76
4320 G. Selmon 362.76
4391 J. Mercer 362.76
4359 R. Clift 344.22
4435 M. Bigelow 337.14
4202 L. Wise 369.96
4205 E. Bartnicki 369.96

4420 G. Schuster 369.96
4625 G. Edwards 369.96
4555 R. Williamson 351.42
4660 B. Long
351.42
4264 J. Yanosik 351.42
4317 J. Mowery
369.96
4449 R. Witsberger 344.34
4546 R. Swallie
344.34
4225 M. Goddard
344.34
4403 B. Clary
344.34
4483 G. Garczyk
344.34
4551 B. Stacy
344.34
4552 B. Evans
344.34
4557 R. Jones
344.34
4607 S. Boston
344.34
4506 J. Eichhorn 360.24
4505 D. Eichhorn 344.34
4413 E. Christman 369.96
4627 K. McFarland 351.42
4553 D. Davis
351.42
2869 G. Goddard
369.96
4469 C. Thompson
369.96
4618 M. Voleck
369.96
4492 J. Arbogast
369.96
4319 W. Holland
351.42
4619 R. Homan
351.42
4272 S. Hayes
351.42
4436 M. Zaborek
351.42
4361 B. Knight
351.42
4411 C. Carpenter
346.08

TOTAL
$30,424.08

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