Mining Incidents

John Ferrell controller

MSHA controller ID: M05114

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
40
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1988–2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
168
citations
62
significant & substantial
$104,176
proposed penalties
$104,176
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
97
inspections on record
1,411
inspection hours
11.9
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.
168 citations across 1,411 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.
$104K
proposed penalties
$104K
current assessed
$104K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
166 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-01-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2012
1
2011
3
2010
3
2009
2
2008
1
2007
3
2006
2
2005
2
2004
5
2003
1
2002
3
2001
2
2000
2
1999
2
1991
1
1989
3
1988
4

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