Mining Incidents

James L Griffith controller

MSHA controller ID: 0043785

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
24
Mines on record
5
Years on record
2004–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
707
citations
238
significant & substantial
$233,622
proposed penalties
$140,950
paid to date
60% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $92,672 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
140
inspections on record
6,632
inspection hours
10.7
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.
707 citations across 6,632 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.
$234K
proposed penalties
$188K
current assessed
$141K
paid to date
$47K
outstanding
699 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-06-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2014
3
2013
3
2012
2
2011
4
2010
3
2009
2
2006
3
2005
1
2004
3

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