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Charles W Harrison Jr controller

MSHA controller ID: M03958

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
46
Mines on record
11
Years on record
1983–2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
304
citations
76
significant & substantial
$101,879
proposed penalties
$75,179
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $26,700 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
179
inspections on record
2,070
inspection hours
14.7
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.
304 citations across 2,070 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.
$102K
proposed penalties
$75K
current assessed
$75K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
297 assessments are final orders; 22 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-08-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2015
2
2014
2
2013
6 (1f)
2012
2
2011
3
2008
1
2007
2
2006
1
2005
3
2004
3
2003
2
2001
1
1999
2
1998
1
1995
1
1994
1
1992
2
1991
1
1990
1
1989
1
1987
1
1985
3
1984
3
1983
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
April 27, 2013 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
ACG Materials · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was cleaning a jammed rock from a return roller on a track mounted CEC Crusher. The engine was still running and the belt was engaged. Employee "assumed" belt was turned off because the head pulley was not spinning skipping on the belt; the belt was actually stalled. He did not lock out/ and tag the crusher before performing the work to de-energize all power.

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