Mining Incidents

James M Rutherford Sr controller

MSHA controller ID: M10919

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
103
citations
23
significant & substantial
$38,327
proposed penalties
$23,400
paid to date
61% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $14,927 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
83
inspections on record
1,167
inspection hours
8.8
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.
103 citations across 1,167 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.
$38K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
100 assessments are final orders; 14 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-09-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2020
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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