Mining Incidents

Hyrum Cox controller

MSHA controller ID: M31409

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
22
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1991–2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
85
citations
19
significant & substantial
$77,603
proposed penalties
$46,657
paid to date
60% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $30,946 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
24
inspections on record
415
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: 415 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.
$78K
proposed penalties
$47K
current assessed
$47K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
83 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-02-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2005
2
2004
1
2003
3
2002
1
2000
1
1999
3
1998
2
1997
4
1994
2
1992
1
1991
2

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