Mining Incidents

Ernest E Varney controller

MSHA controller ID: C03960

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
30
Mines on record
8
Years on record
1989–2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
518
citations
135
significant & substantial
$94,512
proposed penalties
$90,777
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,735 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
207
inspections on record
6,057
inspection hours
8.6
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.
518 citations across 6,057 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.
$95K
proposed penalties
$91K
current assessed
$91K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
514 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-04-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2004
2
1999
2
1997
1
1995
2
1994
3
1993
7
1991
3
1990
5
1989
5

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