Mining Incidents

Denny Hills; Chip Larsen controller

MSHA controller ID: M11135

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1996–2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
67
citations
17
significant & substantial
$20,784
proposed penalties
$18,329
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,455 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
34
inspections on record
391
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: 391 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.
$21K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$557
outstanding
66 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-08-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2010
2
2007
1
2006
1
2005
1
2004
2
2002
1
2000
3
1999
2
1998
1
1997
1
1996
2

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Mines on record

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