Mining Incidents

David Grainger controller

MSHA controller ID: M09187

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
74
Mines on record
5
Years on record
1989–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
483
citations
109
significant & substantial
$112,636
proposed penalties
$91,576
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $21,060 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
158
inspections on record
2,657
inspection hours
18.2
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.
483 citations across 2,657 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.
$113K
proposed penalties
$92K
current assessed
$92K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
479 assessments are final orders; 24 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-11-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2014
1
2013
3
2010
2
2008
1
2007
1
2006
7
2005
3
2003
5
2002
1
2000
5
1999
1
1998
8
1997
9
1996
7
1995
5
1994
2
1993
3
1992
2
1991
5
1990
2
1989
1

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