Mining Incidents

Harold Sorensen controller

MSHA controller ID: M11033

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2016–2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
156
citations
35
significant & substantial
$64,771
proposed penalties
$57,658
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,113 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
80
inspections on record
1,343
inspection hours
11.6
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.
156 citations across 1,343 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.
$65K
proposed penalties
$58K
current assessed
$58K
paid to date
$13
outstanding
151 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-12-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2019
2
2018
1
2016
2

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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