Mining Incidents

Aristotle Melonas controller

MSHA controller ID: M10423

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1990–2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
100
citations
23
significant & substantial
$20,511
proposed penalties
$20,370
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $141 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
42
inspections on record
622
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 622 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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.
$21K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
95 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-11-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2005
2
2004
1
2002
1
2001
1
1997
1
1996
1
1995
1
1992
1
1991
4
1990
1

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