Mining Incidents

Joe Valis; Rufus W West controller

MSHA controller ID: 0098893

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
116
Mines on record
5
Years on record
2011–2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
1,132
citations
328
significant & substantial
$478,518
proposed penalties
$316,309
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $162,209 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
250
inspections on record
9,718
inspection hours
11.6
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.
1,132 citations across 9,718 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.
$479K
proposed penalties
$380K
current assessed
$316K
paid to date
$63K
outstanding
1,110 assessments are final orders; 87 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-11-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2016
1
2014
18
2013
41
2012
29
2011
27

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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