Mining Incidents

Eric Johnson; Scott Puppe controller

MSHA controller ID: 0040605

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
20
Mines on record
3
Years on record
2005–2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
171
citations
42
significant & substantial
$39,715
proposed penalties
$32,186
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,529 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
89
inspections on record
1,122
inspection hours
15.2
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.
171 citations across 1,122 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.
$40K
proposed penalties
$32K
current assessed
$32K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
170 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-03-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2019
1
2015
1
2012
1
2009
1
2008
1
2007
9
2006
1
2005
5

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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