Mining Incidents

John M Potter; Thomas A Potter controller

MSHA controller ID: C13154

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
218
Mines on record
40
Years on record
1987–2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
1,666
citations
643
significant & substantial
$1,583,480
proposed penalties
$1,040,477
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $543,003 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
393
inspections on record
17,457
inspection hours
9.5
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.
1,666 citations across 17,457 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.
$1.6M
proposed penalties
$1.0M
current assessed
$1.0M
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1,616 assessments are final orders; 174 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-04-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2018
1
2017
1
2015
1
2014
10
2013
16
2012
22
2011
17
2010
11
2009
5
2008
12
2007
11
2006
14
2005
1
2000
1
1999
5
1998
14
1997
11
1996
5
1995
7
1994
7
1993
4
1992
9
1991
12
1990
3
1989
11
1988
6
1987
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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