Mining Incidents

Douglas M Epling controller

MSHA controller ID: C15194

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
240
Mines on record
14
Years on record
1995–2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
2,786
citations
1,093
significant & substantial
$2,485,694
proposed penalties
$2,016,582
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $469,112 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
421
inspections on record
21,971
inspection hours
12.7
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.
2,786 citations across 21,971 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.
$2.5M
proposed penalties
$2.0M
current assessed
$2.0M
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2,700 assessments are final orders; 89 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-12-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2015
1
2013
3
2012
8
2011
32
2010
34
2009
50
2008
29
2007
16
2006
25
2005
8
2004
14
2003
9
2002
4
2001
2
2000
1
1999
1
1998
1
1995
2

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