Mining Incidents

Ken Dusek et al controller

MSHA controller ID: M02214

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1994
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
29
citations
14
significant & substantial
$8,660
proposed penalties
$6,393
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,267 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
12
inspections on record
127
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: 127 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-10-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

1994
1

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