Chester M Thomas controller
MSHA controller ID: C16081
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 387
- Mines on record
- 2
- Years on record
- 2001–2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
4,183
citations
1,230
significant & substantial
$3,874,229
proposed penalties
$2,764,834
paid to date
71% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,109,395 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
473
inspections on record
28,840
inspection hours
14.5
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.4,183 citations across 28,840 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.$3.9M
proposed penalties
$2.8M
current assessed
$2.8M
paid to date
$104
outstanding
4,134 assessments are final orders; 108 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-03-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 108 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 94 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 41 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 38 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 33 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 28 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2012
11
2011
50
2010
20
2009
34
2008
34
2007
62
2006
66
2005
51
2004
15
2003
18
2002
15
2001
11
Operators under this controller
- Advent Mining LLC 232
- Vision Mining, Inc. 155
Mines on record
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