Mining Incidents

Howard A Wells controller

MSHA controller ID: M40099

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1989–2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
102
citations
25
significant & substantial
$19,820
proposed penalties
$18,348
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,472 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
42
inspections on record
715
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: 715 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
99 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-08-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2009
1
2008
1
1995
1
1994
2
1990
2
1989
2

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