Mining Incidents

Cecil Nichols controller

MSHA controller ID: C03164

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
35
Mines on record
5
Years on record
1984–2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
363
citations
136
significant & substantial
$195,645
proposed penalties
$89,801
paid to date
46% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $105,844 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
49
inspections on record
2,376
inspection hours
15.3
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.
363 citations across 2,376 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.
$196K
proposed penalties
$192K
current assessed
$90K
paid to date
$102K
outstanding
345 assessments are final orders; 13 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-01-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2010
2
1989
4
1988
12
1987
3
1985
5
1984
9

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Mines on record

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