Mining Incidents

Bill C Smith controller

MSHA controller ID: C16099

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Mines on record
3
Years on record
2001–2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
992
citations
449
significant & substantial
$311,693
proposed penalties
$180,340
paid to date
58% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $131,353 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
255
inspections on record
8,425
inspection hours
11.8
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.
992 citations across 8,425 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.
$312K
proposed penalties
$307K
current assessed
$180K
paid to date
$127K
outstanding
970 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-12-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2022
1
2021
1
2020
1
2017
1
2008
1
2007
1
2006
1
2004
1
2003
1
2002
3
2001
1

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