James H Sparks controller
MSHA controller ID: 0043003
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 10
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 2004–2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
35
citations
10
significant & substantial
$4,782
proposed penalties
$3,637
paid to date
76% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,145 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
14
inspections on record
264
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: 264 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.$5K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
35 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-07-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 3 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 2 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 2 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2008
1
2007
1
2006
1
2005
4
2004
3
Operators under this controller
- WKA, LLC 10
Mines on record
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The full compliance file on James H Sparks
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.