What are H T Ritchie's MSHA penalties?

H T Ritchie has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties on record, $2K paid, and $0 outstanding.

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H T Ritchie controller

MSHA controller ID: M04187

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Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 97
Mines on record: 4
Years on record: 1983–2005

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$1,816

proposed penalties

$1,816

paid to date

100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2000

inspections on record

299

inspection hours

n/a

citations per 100 inspection hours

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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.

Rate withheld: 299 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

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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.

$2K

proposed penalties

$2K

current assessed

$2K

paid to date

outstanding

24 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2005-11-02.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 2 fatalities · 3 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 37 non-fatal
MACHINERY 17 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 13 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 12 non-fatal
OTHER 8 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

2 recorded

February 17, 1997 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Ritchie Sand Inc · Struck by powered moving object

END DUMPS WERE PARKED END TO END ON THE ACCESS ROAD JUST EAST OF THE TUNNEL. EE WAS THE DRIVER OF THE FRONT VEHICLE AND VICTIM WAS THE DRIVER OF THE BACK VEHICLE EE WAS HELPING EE FIX HIS TA RP HANDLE. EE WEN TBACK TO HIS VEHICLE TO TURN ON HIS HEADLIGHTS TO PROVIDE MORE LIGHT. EE QUICKLY FIXED THE TARP HANDLE AND WAS WALKING BACK TO EE'S VEHICLE TO THANK HIM FOR HIS HELP. EE F

January 11, 1984 KS · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Quality Rock Company · Struck by flying object

CHESTER AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR WELDER WAS CONTRACTED TO REPAIR THE PAN OF CAT 633 MOTOR SCRAPER THE PAN WAS BENT AND NEEDED TO BE STRAIGHTENED CHESTER HAD CUT THE GUSSETS FROM UNDER THE PAN AND HAD PLACED ANGLE IRON ON THE PAN AND WEDGED IT AGAINST THE GOOSE NECK INAN ATTEMPT TO STRAIGHTEN THE PAN HE STARTED THIS PROCEDURE ON ONE SIDE OF THE PAN AND HAD MOVED THE ANGLE IRON TO T

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