Mining Incidents

Fred Palacios et al controller

MSHA controller ID: M08902

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1988–1989
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
91
citations
41
significant & substantial
$53,691
proposed penalties
$52,901
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $790 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
26
inspections on record
385
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 385 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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.
$54K
proposed penalties
$54K
current assessed
$53K
paid to date
$731
outstanding
86 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-12-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

1989
4
1988
2

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