Mining Incidents

James W Thomas III controller

MSHA controller ID: M09374

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
21
Mines on record
4
Years on record
1989–2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
399
citations
109
significant & substantial
$177,448
proposed penalties
$125,656
paid to date
71% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $51,792 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
258
inspections on record
3,668
inspection hours
10.9
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.
399 citations across 3,668 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.
$177K
proposed penalties
$126K
current assessed
$126K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
394 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-10-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2019
1
2016
1
2013
1
2010
1
2006
1
2005
2
2004
2
2003
1
2000
2
1998
1
1996
1
1994
1
1991
4
1990
1
1989
1

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Mines on record

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