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Dow Chemical Company controller

MSHA controller ID: M04087

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
17
Mines on record
3
Years on record
2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
124
citations
31
significant & substantial
$293,128
proposed penalties
$148,518
paid to date
51% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $144,610 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
23
inspections on record
1,131
inspection hours
11.0
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.
124 citations across 1,131 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.
$293K
proposed penalties
$149K
current assessed
$149K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
122 assessments are final orders; 11 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-09-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2009
17 (1f)

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
June 20, 2009 LA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Morton Salt Div/Morton International Inc · Struck by falling object

The investigation is not complete, but as of now it appears that the employee had washed the #2 drill and was rolling up the hose when a portion of the mine roof collapsed, striking and covering him with a section of the salt roof.

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