Mining Incidents

Dan Kauffman controller

MSHA controller ID: M10638

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1995–2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
284
citations
60
significant & substantial
$86,151
proposed penalties
$67,344
paid to date
78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $18,807 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
142
inspections on record
1,851
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.
284 citations across 1,851 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.
$86K
proposed penalties
$67K
current assessed
$67K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
281 assessments are final orders; 23 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-06-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2008
1
2000
1
1995
1

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Mines on record

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