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Connie Spiegel controller

MSHA controller ID: M05111

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
38
Mines on record
6
Years on record
1991–2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
195
citations
53
significant & substantial
$40,913
proposed penalties
$40,613
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $300 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
76
inspections on record
959
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: 959 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.
$41K
proposed penalties
$41K
current assessed
$41K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
194 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-07-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2009
1
2006
2
2005
2
2003
4
2002
9
2001
6
2000
4
1999
1
1997
5 (1f)
1996
1
1995
1
1994
1
1991
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
September 30, 1997 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Shallow Ford Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR WAS STRIPPING OVERBURDEN FROM A SAND & GRAVEL DEPOSIT. HE DROVE HIS SCRAPER UP ONTO AN EXISTING (APPROX. 5' TALL) TOPSOIL STOCKPILE. HE DROVE HIS SCRAPER OFF OF THE EDGE AND TURNED IT ONTO ITS SIDE. HIS LEFT LEG WAS SEVERED BY THE ROPS, AS WAS HIS LEFT ARM. HE DIED OF INTERNAL INJURIES AT THE HOSPITAL.

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