Mining Incidents

Daniel W Fischer controller

MSHA controller ID: M11481

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1997–2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
84
citations
24
significant & substantial
$25,364
proposed penalties
$22,585
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,779 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
35
inspections on record
537
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: 537 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.
$25K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
83 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-01-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2009
1
2004
1
2000
1
1998
1
1997
1

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