Mining Incidents

John L O'Neal controller

MSHA controller ID: M37525

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
28
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1983–2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
96
citations
15
significant & substantial
$12,312
proposed penalties
$10,210
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,102 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
51
inspections on record
933
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 933 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
96 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-04-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2022
1
2012
1
2010
1
2007
3
2006
1
2004
2
2002
1
2001
1
1999
1
1993
1
1992
2
1990
1
1989
2
1988
3
1986
3
1985
1
1984
1
1983
2

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