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
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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
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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.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 79 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 46 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 32 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 30 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 19 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 18 non-fatal
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
Operators under this controller
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The full compliance file on Douglas M Epling
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.