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Asea Brown Boveri Ltd (ABB) controller

MSHA controller ID: M01375

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Fatalities
3
Total incidents
814
Mines on record
23
Years on record
1983–2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
182
citations
62
significant & substantial
$95,567
proposed penalties
$77,308
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $18,259 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
57
inspections on record
1,206
inspection hours
15.1
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.
182 citations across 1,206 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.
$96K
proposed penalties
$77K
current assessed
$77K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
182 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-12-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2003
6
2002
5
2001
4
2000
12
1999
17
1998
22
1997
29
1996
35
1995
41
1994
39
1993
42
1992
53
1991
60 (2f)
1990
52 (1f)
1989
89
1988
84
1987
75
1986
23
1985
38
1984
40
1983
48

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

3 recorded
December 11, 1991 GA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Dry Branch Kaolin Company · Contact with electrical current

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING FROM A BUCKET TRUCK MAKING CONNECTIONS ON SWITCH AND LIGHTENING ARRESTER TO HIGH VOLTAGE LINE WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY CAME IN CONTACT WITH ANOTHER SWITCH THAT HAD BEEN PREVIO USLY ENERGIZED WITH 7200 VOLTS.

December 2, 1991 AL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Mullite Company Of America · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS INSPECTING SCRAPER FOR OIL LEAK. WHILE CHECKING BOTTOM OF SCRAPER, A MOVING PIECE OF METAL HIT VICTIM IN HEAD.

November 8, 1990 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · OTHER
Dry Branch Kaolin Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

HE ENTERED CHEMICAL TANK TO INSTALL THREADED FLANGE FOR PROBE

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