Mining Incidents

Gerald D Thomas controller

MSHA controller ID: C16069

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2001–2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
139
citations
58
significant & substantial
$47,078
proposed penalties
$37,102
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $9,976 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
35
inspections on record
864
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: 864 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.
$47K
proposed penalties
$37K
current assessed
$37K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
138 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-10-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2007
1
2006
3
2005
4
2004
3
2003
3
2002
1
2001
1

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