Mining Incidents

Ben P Gunsinger controller

MSHA controller ID: 0083335

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2008–2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
138
citations
54
significant & substantial
$76,920
proposed penalties
$59,052
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $17,868 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
23
inspections on record
957
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: 957 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.
$77K
proposed penalties
$59K
current assessed
$59K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
134 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-04-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2011
1
2010
14
2008
3

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Mines on record

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