Mining Incidents

John Hilty controller

MSHA controller ID: M01975

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Mines on record
4
Years on record
1987–2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
176
citations
40
significant & substantial
$31,339
proposed penalties
$28,142
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,197 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
113
inspections on record
1,646
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.
176 citations across 1,646 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.
$31K
proposed penalties
$28K
current assessed
$28K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
170 assessments are final orders; 12 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-10-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2008
1
2007
1
2005
1
2002
1
1997
2
1996
2
1995
1
1994
3
1991
3
1990
1
1987
1

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