Ben L Rechter controller
MSHA controller ID: 0063711
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 16
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 2007–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
93
citations
23
significant & substantial
$24,669
proposed penalties
$16,911
paid to date
69% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,758 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
44
inspections on record
1,257
inspection hours
7.4
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.93 citations across 1,257 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$25K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
93 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-01-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 5 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 3 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 3 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 2 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2014
1
2013
3
2012
2
2011
4
2010
1
2009
2
2008
2
2007
1
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- Batavia Mine OH
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The full compliance file on Ben L Rechter
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