Mining Incidents

Gary A Kolstad controller

MSHA controller ID: M07611

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
184
Mines on record
5
Years on record
1987–2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
445
citations
85
significant & substantial
$277,508
proposed penalties
$206,108
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $71,400 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
236
inspections on record
5,175
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.
445 citations across 5,175 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.
$278K
proposed penalties
$206K
current assessed
$206K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
443 assessments are final orders; 19 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-05-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2019
2
2018
4
2017
4
2016
4
2015
9
2014
10
2013
6
2012
6
2010
10
2009
2
2008
6
2007
8
2006
12
2005
4
2004
5
2003
3
2002
12
2001
5
2000
9
1999
9
1998
10
1997
7
1996
8
1995
6
1994
5
1993
2
1992
2
1991
2
1990
5
1989
4
1988
2
1987
1

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